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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Exceptional \Ex*cep"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F. exceptionnel.]
     Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence,
     better than the average; superior. --Lyell.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This particular spot had exceptional advantages.
                                                    --Jowett (Th.
                                                    )
     -- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  exceptional
       adj 1: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
              exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory";
              "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy";
              "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding,
               olympian, prodigious, surpassing]
       2: surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid
          especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a
          matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special
          occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's
          so special about the year 2000?" [syn: especial(a), particular(a),
           special]
       3: deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability;
          used especially of children below normal in intelligence;
          "special educational provisions for exceptional children"
          [syn: exceptional(a)]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  exceptional
     Αγγλικά a.
     εξαιρετικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  exceptional
     a.
     1 Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
     2 better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
     3 (lb en geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension
  under a birational correspondence.
     n.
     An exception, or something having an exceptional value

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  exceptional
     a.
     1 Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
     2 better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
     3 (lb en geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension
  under a birational correspondence.
     n.
     An exception, or something having an exceptional value

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  exceptional
     a.
     1 Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
     2 better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
     3 (lb en geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension
  under a birational correspondence.
     n.
     An exception, or something having an exceptional value

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  exceptional
     a.
     1 Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
     2 better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
     3 (lb en geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension
  under a birational correspondence.
     n.
     An exception, or something having an exceptional value

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  exceptional
     Englanti a.
     poikkeuksellinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  exceptional
     Engelska a.
     exceptionell

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/
  uitsonderlik

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/
  إستثنائي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  exceptional //ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl// 
  1. изключи́телен
  forming an exception
  2. изключи́телен, отли́чен
  superior due to exception or rarity

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/ 
  mimořádný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/ 
  neobyčejný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/
  zvláštní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/
  výjimečný

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/ 
  eithriadol 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/
  außergewöhnlich, ungewöhnlich, bemerkenswert, ungemein 
   see: more exceptional, most exceptional
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/
  
  εξαιρετικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  exceptional //ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl// 
  1. harvinainen, poikkeuksellinen, tavaton
  forming an exception
  2. erinomainen, poikkeuksellinen
  superior due to exception or rarity

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/ 
  1. विशिष्ट
        "There is no exceptional matter in the novel."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/
  izniman, iznimna, iznimnih, izrazito, izuzetan, izuzetnog, izvanredan, jedinstven, neodoljivoj

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/
  1. rendkívüli
  2. kivételes

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  exceptional //ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl// 
  1. 例外的, 特別, 特殊, 特異
  forming an exception
  2. 並外れる, 別格, 非凡
  superior due to exception or rarity

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  exceptional /ıksepʃənəl/ 
  nepaprastas, išimtinis

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  exceptional /ɪkˈsepʃənəl/ 
    wyjątkowy

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  exceptional /iksepʃənl/
  excepcional

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  exceptional /ɛksˈɛpʃənəl/
  1. müstesna, istisnai, ender, fevkalade. exceptionally  müstesna olarak, fevkalade.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪkˈsɛpʃənəɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  163 Moby Thesaurus words for "exceptional":
     aberrant, abnormal, absolute, anomalous, appalling, astonishing,
     beguiling, bewildering, celebrated, certain, concrete, conspicuous,
     crank, crankish, cranky, crotchety, deficient, defined, definite,
     detailed, determinate, deviant, deviative, different, distinct,
     distinguished, divergent, dotty, eccentric, egregious, eminent,
     enigmatic, erratic, esoteric, especial, esteemed, estimable,
     ethnocentric, excellent, excluding, exclusive, exclusory, express,
     extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fascinating, fey, fixed, flaky,
     formidable, freakish, funny, gifted, good, handicapped, idiocratic,
     idiosyncratic, inadmissible, incomprehensible, inconceivable,
     incredible, indescribable, individual, ineffable, infrequent,
     inner, insular, intimate, irregular, kinky, kooky, legendary,
     maggoty, marked, marvelous, memorable, minute, miraculous,
     mythical, narrow, noble, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, nutty,
     odd, oddball, of mark, outlandish, outstanding, parochial,
     particular, passing strange, peculiar, personal, phenomenal,
     portentous, precise, preclusive, premium, prescriptive,
     prestigious, preventive, private, prodigious, prohibitive,
     prominent, puzzling, queer, quirky, rare, remarkable, rememberable,
     reputable, respective, restrictive, salient, scarce, screwball,
     screwy, seclusive, segregative, select, selective, sensational,
     separative, several, signal, singular, snobbish, solipsistic,
     special, specific, strange, striking, stupefying, stupendous,
     superior, talented, telling, twisted, uncommon, unconventional,
     uncustomary, unexampled, unforgettable, unheard-of, unimaginable,
     unique, unnatural, unordinary, unparalleled, unprecedented,
     unspeakable, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted, wacky, whimsical,
     wonderful, wondrous, xenophobic
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 例外的,异常的,特别的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 例外的,异常的,特别的

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