excellency
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈɛksələnsɪ/
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excelencia
- At the request of his excellency, the Governor.
Sara is the honour student she even got an award for Excellency last June.
- Sara is the honour student she even got an award for Excellency last June.
Examples
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And to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit, your excellency?
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She is respected for the excellency of her leadership and dedication to the community.
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- Your Excellency will excuse me.
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- For weeks now, Your Excellency.
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I hope you are right, excellency.
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"What do you require of me, your excellency?"
Fiction book (1998) -
You flatter me, your excellency.
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I am the barber, your excellency, I am the barber.
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His excellency, General Alejandro Podrido-Carnitas.
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Most pleasurably, we will be informed that your excellency is leaving for Iran at the soonest possible convenience.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
258
3.5
A quality that shows someone deserves praise or a reward
150
3.2
Very high quality or skill that makes one stand out
52
6.1
Great skill in an activity like music or sport, often after practice
42
4.3
Great beauty that looks impressive and rich
23
2.6
Something that is very good and lasts a long time
22
5.7
A skill or activity someone is very good at
17
4.4
A very beautiful and impressive appearance that makes something seem grand
13
5.0
Great beauty that makes people feel impressed and full of wonder
9
6.1
A quality of strong moral character that earns respect
6
8.6
Very great skill and control in music or dance
3
9.2
A person or thing that people think is excellent
2
4.8
A quality that makes you feel amazed and happy
2
3.0
Being very surprising and impressive
1
5.0
A person or thing at the highest level of quality
1
7.8
A quality that makes something seem very surprising or hard to believe
1
5.8
Great beauty or success that makes people admire something
1
5.6
A high level of skill at doing something
A quality of being very good and better than most
A state of being the most excellent or of very high quality
A quality of being very different or much better than normal
Very high skill and careful work used to make things
The quality of being worthy of praise or recognition for an achievement
A quality that makes a person or action worthy of praise
The quality of being worthy of respect and praise for good actions
A quality that makes people respect a person or thing
A quality that makes something seem very good and impressive
A quality that makes something look very impressive and dramatic
Great fame and respect for doing important work
Antonyms
How Outstanding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Excellency comes from the verb excel, from Latin excellere made of ex- 'out' and a root meaning 'rise', so it means 'rise above'. So an excellency is an outstanding quality — something in which a person or thing 'rises above' the rest.