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excellent

 adjective
     
ex‧cel‧lent S1 W2
1 extremely good or of very high quality:
What an excellent idea!
His car is in excellent condition.
Second-hand computers can be excellent value.
2 spoken said when you approve of something [= great]:
'I'll bring the books over tonight.' 'Excellent.'
—excellently adverb
WORD FOCUS: good WORD FOCUS: good
very good: excellent, fantastic, wonderful, great, terrific, neat American English, superb, amazing, outstanding, brilliant, impressive, fine, first-class, out of this world
of good quality: high quality, top quality, superior, deluxe, classy
morally good: decent, virtuous, respectable, honourable British English/honorable American English, upright, beyond reproach

➔ See also good
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