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Recent Examples of excellently
Lotte Wubben-Moy A very good season with Arsenal, in part thanks to Williamson’s injury problems, means she was trusted to start against Spain, and Wubben-Moy performed excellently.
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Mullvad performed excellently during our latest round of tests.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 22 Mar. 2026
Everything was grilled excellently.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2026
The entire team performed excellently with Neiman Marcus.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
This short plays excellently with spooky audio mixing and feels claustrophobic until the shocking last moment.
—William Earl, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Any small baking project intended to provide treats for one or two is excellently done in the air fryer—the convection will ensure even baking and superb textures for muffins, cakes, and so much more.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
For his part, Law, who will premiere his own film this week, provided an excellently convincing argument in the fiery northern Mediterranean man-fashion white-dinner-jacket debate that a double-breasted’s peaked lapels should each properly be the dimension of an aircraft carrier deck.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Megan Feringa, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Mullvad performed excellently during our latest round of tests.
—Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 22 Mar. 2026
Everything was grilled excellently.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2026
The entire team performed excellently with Neiman Marcus.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
This short plays excellently with spooky audio mixing and feels claustrophobic until the shocking last moment.
—William Earl, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Any small baking project intended to provide treats for one or two is excellently done in the air fryer—the convection will ensure even baking and superb textures for muffins, cakes, and so much more.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
For his part, Law, who will premiere his own film this week, provided an excellently convincing argument in the fiery northern Mediterranean man-fashion white-dinner-jacket debate that a double-breasted’s peaked lapels should each properly be the dimension of an aircraft carrier deck.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excellently
Adverb
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Lane was happy to recommend the A7C II as a superbly performing all-rounder.—
Paul Brett,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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But Giolito remained on the free agent market nearly one month into the regular season before landing with the Padres, who are pitching superbly despite major upheaval and injury problems in their rotation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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John Houseman tippy toes briefly as a dry old bean and stuffy grammarian, emblematic of the stultified staff at Fox’s magazine of employment; unfortunately, Houseman’s marvelously fussy presence is only one of the film’s intermittent garnishes, most of which are never developed and never pay off.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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The baritone, Vincent Casagrande, a marvelously cantankerous Prisoner, tells us only sick people dream, and of course everyone on stage automatically enters a dream state.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Grind the orange peels or very finely chop them up.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
25 Apr. 2026
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The dough must be made with 00 flour — a finely ground wheat flour — plus natural or brewer’s yeast, salt and water.—
The Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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That’s manifest fabulously well here by Cedric and Santiago-Hudson, with Boyd and Wureh exploring the fate of young women adrift in this landscape and relying on men for an anchor, a rooting that too often proved elusive.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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That’s manifest fabulously well here by Cedric and Santiago-Hudson.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In a terrifically non-didactic way, Lincoln lets audiences in on the inner workings of governmental warfare.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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Flynn runs terrifically well with the conflicting aspects of this character.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Even Joe, who has shown himself to be superlatively capable of ignoring other people’s feelings, knows that Max’s red-hot temper is best handled with care.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Makeup artists were gentle and soft-spoken; photography directors dressed impeccably.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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For the occasion, Robbie left modern-Brontë method dressing garb at home in favor of some sciura style (For the uninitiated—and those without this excellent Instagram on your Explore page—the Sciura is a Milanese woman who dresses elegantly and impeccably.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
22 Apr. 2026
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