brill
3
9.3
Very good and pleasing to people
- adjective
- /brɪl/
- Slang
:
genial
- She's come up with a brill idea for the project that will impress the clients.
Examples
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Hey Theodora, just going through and catching up on reading the blogs I like, and this was brill.
Blog text (14) -
Your presentation was absolutely brill; everyone loved it.
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Your video is brill, so good.
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How brill is that?
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Totally brill.
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Terribly brill.
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The concert last night was brill and exceeded all my expectations.
Synonyms
excellent
vsbrill
∞
1.0
Very good and better than most similar things
is informal praise rather than a formal quality evaluation
98
7.3
Very good and enjoyable
is more modern and specifically British in everyday speech
71
7.5
Very good and impressive at a skill
is more casual praise rather than a statement about top quality
16
7.8
Very good and of high quality
is more casual and commonly used without strong emphasis
1
9.9
Very good or excellent
is more standard informal British rather than playful slang
1
8.6
Very good and enjoyable
is similar but more common in everyday modern British use
1
9.9
Very good and impressive
is the modern everyday informal praise used in Britain
8.3
People use it in Britain to say something is very good
is similar but more concise and widely used informally
Antonyms
How Good
Surface Forms
brill positive
Etymology
The informal British word brill is short for brilliant, which comes from a word meaning 'to shine'. So when people call something brill, they mean it 'shines' among the rest and is excellent.