excellent, excelent, excellente

& adv. [Fr. excellent, from Lat. excel lens, pr. par. of excello; Sp. excelente; Port. excellente; Ital. eccel lente.] A. As adjective : 1. Excelling, or eminent in some good or laudable quality, power, or attainment. "Men of excellent lyfe and learning replyed earnestly against their trans sub stan cia cions and other sorceries." -Bale : Image , pt. iii. 2. Characterized by excellence or eminent qualities. (1) Of persons: Eminently good or distinguished. "The most noble and excellent king of the world."Maundeville, p. 193. (2) Of things : Po e ing some excellent qualities; valuable; unusually good: as, an excellent book. *3. ( In a bad sense): Exceeding, remarkable, sur pa ing. "This is the excellent foppery of the world."- Shakesp .. Lear , i. 2. *B. Asadv.: Excellently, exceedingly, extremely. "He hath an excellent good name."- Shakesp .: Much Ado About Nothing , iii. 1. ěx'-çel-lent-lý, *ex-cel-lent-lye, adv. [Eng. excellent; -ly.] 1. In an excellent manner or degree; unusually well; eminently; admirably. "A plot excellently well fortified both by nature and man's hands."-Golding: Cæsar, fo. 114. *2. In an unusual degree; exceedingly, extremely, eminently. "When the whole heart is excellently sorry." - J. Fletcher . sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. excelsior