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- pronunciation:
- ihk
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nl
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
different, unusual, or out of the ordinary.
Snow is exceptional in this part of the world.- synonyms:
- extraordinary, notable, rare, remarkable, uncommon, unusual
- antonyms:
- average, everyday, general, natural, normal, typical, usual
- similar words:
- extreme, great, memorable, particular, phenomenal, scarce, special, unique
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| definition 2: |
excellent or outstanding.
She gave an exceptional performance on her violin.- synonyms:
- excellent, fine, outstanding, splendid, super, superior, tremendous, wonderful
- antonyms:
- average, ordinary
- similar words:
- ace, fantastic, golden, great, memorable, out of this world, quality, rare, star, superb, superlative, terrific
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| related words: |
abnormal, better, choice, curious, fancy, individual, intense, irregular, prime, sensational, striking |
| derivation: |
exceptionally (adv.) |
The word exceptional
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, annual, artificial, biblical, brutal, capital, central, chemical, classical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, personal, plural, political, potential, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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