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EXCELLENTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely well

Example:

we got along famously

Synonyms:

excellently; famously; magnificently; splendidly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

excellent (very good; of the highest quality)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Her father called her 'Little Miss Tranquility', and the name suited her excellently, for she seemed to live in a happy world of her own, only venturing out to meet the few whom she trusted and loved.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They got on excellently, for Amy's chief care was soon set at rest by learning that the gentleman would leave first, and she was chatting away in a peculiarly lofty strain, when the old lady got out.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Not so bad as it seems, for I should only plague him if I went, so I might as well stay and plague you a little longer, you can bear it better, in fact I think it agrees with you excellently, and Laurie composed himself for a lounge on the broad ledge of the balustrade.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)