Excellent

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action. To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton.

2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or Ironical] "An excellent hypocrite." Hume. Their sorrows are most excellent. Beau. & Fl.

Synonyms: Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite; transcendent; admirable; worthy.

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off well and excellent." Shak.