Antonyms for exceptional


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ik-sep-shuh-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsɛp ʃə nl


Definition of exceptional

Origin :
  • 1846, from exception + -al (1). Related: exceptionally.
  • adj irregular
  • adj excellent, wonderful
Example sentences :
  • Every year he adds some fresh decoration, some new and exceptional scene.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Of course there's a horde of applicants, but you're exceptional; you know that.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • His next move proved that his cunning was of an exceptional order.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • But then he is an exceptional and note-worthy man--one among ten thousand.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • What had any of these people done that was noble, exceptional, distinguished?
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • For the circumstances of Freeland are exceptional in more than one respect.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Yet nowadays, to enable a man to remark this, exceptional culture is required.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Why this exceptional divergence in the case of a single pair of monkeys?
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • And they were all agreed that their mother was an exceptional woman.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • It is the exceptional men and women who remember their youth.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

Synonyms for exceptional

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