excellent /ˈɛk.sə.lənt/adjective 4adverb 1forms 4 adjective4 •very good, or better than almost all othersA great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. — 1913 •Exceptionally good of its kind.Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam. •Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.Elizabeth, therefore, who was an excellent hypocrite — 1754 •Having excelled, having surpassed. adverb1 •(no longer used) Excellently.Lucian, in his tract de Mercede conductis, hath excellent well deciphered such men's proceedings in his picture of Opulentia […]. — 2001 formsexcellenter · more excellent · excellentest · most excellent