Dictionary entry

Exceptional

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.