Adjective

(er)

Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.

*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5 , passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy -looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}

Conducive to health.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample

, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}

Evincing health.

(label) Significant, hefty; beneficial.

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.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.}}

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 .