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“excellently” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

excellently
egregie: eximie: excellenter: sometimes praeclare [SYN. in EXCELLENT]: divine (is very rare): divinitus (occurs several times): luculente: luculenter (Cic.): bene: pulchre (these two especially in answers of approbation): (vel) optime (ironically). To speak Greek excellently, egregie Graece loqui.

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What is the Latin word for excellently?
The usual Latin words for “excellently” are ēgregius, eximius, excellēns; also praeclārus, dīvīnus, lūculentus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.