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SPLENDID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does splendid mean?
• SPLENDID (adjective)
The adjective SPLENDID has 3 senses:
1. having great beauty and splendor
2. very good; of the highest quality
3. characterized by grandeur
Familiarity information: SPLENDID used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having great beauty and splendor
Synonyms:
glorious; resplendent; splendid; splendiferous
Context example:
a kind of splendiferous native simplicity
Similar:
beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Very good; of the highest quality
Synonyms:
excellent; fantabulous; first-class; ripping; splendid
Context example:
a first-class mind
Similar:
superior (of high or superior quality or performance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by grandeur
Synonyms:
brilliant; glorious; magnificent; splendid
Context example:
the splendid coronation ceremony
Similar:
impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)
Context examples
As I say, he discovered himself in splendid trim when I entered the cabin.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"It's often so, and we like to watch it, for it is never the same, but always splendid," replied Amy, wishing she could paint it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
From all I hear it is splendid pay and very little to do.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
What a splendid night it is!
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But such splendid running was achieved not without great trouble and vexation on the part of François.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
White Fang was in splendid condition.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
With a book he was regardless of time; and on the present occasion he had a good deal of curiosity as to the event of an evening which had raised such splendid expectations.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Fame was all very well, but it was for Ruth that his splendid dream arose.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Here is another splendid day for financial talks.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He went inside, and said, “See, what a splendid bird that is; he has given me this beautiful gold chain, and looks so beautiful himself.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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