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excellently

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ex⋅cel⋅lent

  [ek-suh-luhnt]
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–adjective
1. possessing outstanding quality or superior merit; remarkably good.
2. Archaic. extraordinary; superior.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L excellent- (s. of excellēns), prp. of excellere to excel; see -ent

Related forms:
ex⋅cel⋅lent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. worthy, estimable, choice, fine, first-rate, prime, admirable.

Antonyms:
1. inferior.
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ex·cel·lent   (ěk'sə-lənt)   
adj.  

  1. Of the highest or finest quality; exceptionally good of its kind.

  2. Archaic Superior.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin excellēns, excellent-, present participle of excellere, to excel; see excel.]
ex'cel·lent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

excellent 
c.1340 (implied in excellently), from O.Fr. excellent, from L. excellentem (nom. excellens), prp. of excellere (see excel). First record of excellency "high rank" is c.1200; as a title of honor it dates from c.1325.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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