exceptional
/ɪkˈsepʃənəl/ adjectiveDefinition
› unusual; not what happens regularly or is expected: The industry is anxious to stress that this is an exceptional case. These are exceptional circumstances.in exceptional circumstances/cases This right to sell the shares will apply only in exceptional cases. A £2.5m exceptional charge from redundancies contributed to full-year losses. exceptional costs
› much greater or better than usual: The effort put in by the team over the last five days has been exceptional. Her leadership style produced exceptional results.
exceptionally adverb › The quality of our products is exceptionally high. an exceptionally competitive marketplace(Definition of exceptional adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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