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excellent adj.: surpassing, exceptionally great, exceeding (used in a bad sense) R3 IV. iv. 52 “That grand tyrant” Tit. II. iii. 7, Lr. I. ii. 132, Ant. I. i. 40 “ falsehood!” ;—adv. eminently, extremely Ado III. i. 98 “an good name,” Ham. II. ii. 174.