Usually means: Exemplary in every way possible.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word par excellence:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. par excellence: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. par excellence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. par excellence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. par excellence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. par excellence: Vocabulary.com
  6. par excellence: Wordnik
  7. par excellence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. par excellence: Wiktionary
  9. par excellence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. par excellence: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. par excellence: Dictionary.com
  12. par excellence: Rhymezone
  13. par excellence: Free Dictionary
  14. par excellence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. par excellence: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. par excellence: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (par excellence)

adverb:  Because or on account of one's excellence.
adverb:  Most excellently, variously intending
adverb:  Most especially, in particular, most notably (out of a thing or person's other attributes, roles, etc.).
adverb:  In a superior way, in the most representative or fully-developed manner.
adjective:  (postpositive) Most excellent, variously intending
adjective:  Being the proper or truest example of a general name.
adjective:  Being a quintessential example of a general type.

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