excellency
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈɛksələnsɪ/
- At the request of his excellency, the Governor.
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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
262
3.5
A quality that shows someone deserves praise or a reward
125
3.2
Very high quality or skill that makes one stand out
58
2.6
Something that is very good and lasts a long time
48
6.1
Great skill in an activity like music or sport, often after practice
42
4.3
Great beauty that looks impressive and rich
20
5.7
A skill or activity someone is very good at
13
5.0
Great beauty that makes people feel impressed and full of wonder
12
6.1
A quality of strong moral character that earns respect
10
4.4
A very beautiful and impressive appearance that makes something seem grand
6
8.6
Very great skill and control in music or dance
3
9.2
A person or thing that people think is excellent
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4.8
A quality that makes you feel amazed and happy
2
3.0
Being very surprising and impressive
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6.8
The quality of being worthy of praise or recognition for an achievement
1
5.6
A high level of skill at doing something
1
5.0
A person or thing at the highest level of quality
1
5.8
Great beauty or success that makes people admire something
1
7.7
A quality of being very different or much better than normal
1
4.5
A quality that makes something seem very good and impressive
1
8.7
A state of being the most excellent or of very high quality
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7.8
A quality that makes something seem very surprising or hard to believe
1
7.2
A quality that makes something look very impressive and dramatic
1
5.1
Very high skill and careful work used to make things
1
8.6
Great fame and respect for doing important work
A quality of being very good and better than most
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
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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.