Literary notes about Excellent (AI summary)
Throughout literature, the word "excellent" often serves as a marker for superlative quality, used to elevate a person, object, or even an action to a distinguished status. It can characterize a virtuous individual whose kindness far exceeds expectations [1] or denote meticulous craftsmanship in objects like mortar or tents [2, 3]. The adjective also appears as a qualifier for experiences, whether describing a delightful dinner [4] or the high spirits of a returning friend [5]. Moreover, "excellent" is sometimes employed to highlight intellectual prowess or artistic merit, as seen when a well-edited work or an exemplary performance of wit is praised [6, 7]. This versatile term, by accentuating exceptional attributes in both tangible and abstract realms, invites readers to regard these qualities with admiration and a sense of refined judgment.
- The kindness heaped on me by this excellent man was far greater than I could ever have expected.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang - Mixed with sand the lime made excellent mortar.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - The Glacier Park Saddle Horse Co. provides excellent small sleeping tents and a complete outfitting of comforts for pack trips.
— from Glacier National Park [Montana] by United States. Department of the Interior - He invited nine of us, and we ate an excellent dinner at the principal hotel.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - I had just finished my tea when he returned, evidently in excellent spirits, swinging an old elastic-sided boot in his hand.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - An excellent theoretical study of the family as a unity of interacting members is presented in Bosanquet, The Family .
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Come, come; do you think I do not know you by your excellent wit?
— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
