excellently

«excellently» in Mova's school dictionary: of the very best quality — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Extremely well; in a way that is of the very best quality. tree →

sense in the lessons

A praising word used by teachers and in reports: «You have done excellently». It describes how well something is done, performed or made. Less common than «very well», so it sounds a little formal or teacher-like.

examples

• You did excellently in your spelling test. tree →
• The choir sang excellently at the concert. tree →
• The cake was excellently made. tree →
• The team played excellently in the second half. tree →
• «That is excellently argued,» said the judge. tree →
• Our school play went excellently. tree →
• Everything went off excellently well, and they made merry till the time came when bride and bridegroom were to sit down together on the bridal bench. tree →

note

Adverb from «excellent»; the noun is «excellence». Spelling: double l after the e: ex-cel-lent-ly. Do not say «more excellently» much; «excellent» already means the very best.

In the corpora

• You have managed excellently...

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «excellently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.