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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Exceptional  \Ex*cep"tion*al\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  exceptionnel.] 
  Forming  an  exception;  not  ordinary;  uncommon;  rare  hence 
  better  than  the  average;  superior.  --Lyell. 
 
  This  particular  spot  had  exceptional  advantages. 
  --Jowett  (Th. 
  ) 
  --  {Ex*cep"tion*al*ly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  exceptionally 
  adv  :  to  an  exceptional  degree;  "it  worked  exceptionally  well" 

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