excellently

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Recent Examples of excellently All evening, it is excellently placed for telescopic viewing of its glorious ball and rings. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026 The late Margot Bettauer Dembo handled NYRB’s previous Seghers translations; Lucy Jones has taken over, and excellently conveys the incisive bite of the writing. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 So grab a pair of these excellently affordable buds for yourself! — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026 Of course, a photonic circuit that performs excellently in equations can become considerably less cooperative once somebody attempts to manufacture it. — New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026 Based on a video game, the sci-fi thriller is excellently maddening and surprisingly emotional. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Yet, outside the excellently claustrophobic Trojan Horse scenes, Nolan is more interested in exploring his anguish than his spoils. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026 With two goals across the seven games, Porro is a perfect example of that — often acting as a foil for Yamal and linking excellently with his team-mates across the pitch. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 July 2026 The smooth, sweet soft serve paired excellently with the crunchy and slightly salty rice crisps. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excellently
Adverb
  • This superbly crisp apple has a concentrated taste and bakes up juicy but not mushy.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The princess wore a purple Jenny Packham gown to the event, its V-neck collar superbly framing the amethyst sautoir necklace.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • There's something marvelously magical about watching a movie outside.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Dance movies marvelously translate primal emotions into motion, the human body becoming a supple instrument deftly communicating the pain, ecstasy and confusion of being alive.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Dodge’s installation is ephemeral and finely tuned—light like a fog, yet adding gravity to the room, situating the viewer within it.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • In a food processor, grind the nuts as finely as possible along with 1/4 cup/32 g of the flour.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • The fabulously wealthy young naturalist and botanist Joseph Banks shared Rousseau’s interest in indigenous societies – and was willing to spend a fortune to study them.
    — Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Fertile lands afforded the capacity to grow export crops that supported farmers and made plantation owners fabulously wealthy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Supernovae, the deaths of the most massive stars, are terrifically energetic.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Transformation scenes can be unintentionally laughable, and no one has fully figured out how to make a wolf-human hybrid look less like a fall-season impulse buy at Home Depot and more like a terrifically terrifying beast.
    — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Producing a superlatively cold martini is more than just an exercise in marketing or a way to claim bragging rights.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The pale tortilla was dappled with shades of brown, toasty and tawny—simplicity, done superlatively.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Adverb
  • Saucy and sticky, the tender ribs tug impeccably off the bone.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Opposing them were Continental reënactors led by Sean Grady, of Westchester, who impersonated Colonel Glover impeccably, down to the Boston accent.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Excellently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excellently. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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