Adjective

(en adjective)

(senseid)At or close to the state of the art.

Enhanced.

Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).

* Hawthorne

a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles

In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.

(phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.

Adjective

(en-adj)

Of the highest quality; splendid.

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*:A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

Exceptionally good of its kind.

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Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.

*(David Hume) (1711-1776)

*:an excellent hypocrite

*(Beaumont and Fletcher) (1603-1625)

*:Their sorrows are most excellent .