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Excellency
Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
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Broader term 3
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; di…
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0% interchangeable
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.
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Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.
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Derivationally related 2
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,…
oewn 2023
15% interchangeable
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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,…
oewn 2023
15% interchangeable
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Synonym 1
The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
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68% interchangeable
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