Close and Excelling

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Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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Excelling and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Excelling" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

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Close and excelling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Excelling".

Nearby Words: excellent, excellence, excelled

Most guys who try to befriend her are just out to get in her pants, other girls tend not to like her for the same reason, her excelling in the sports that she loves leads to her being tested for steroids and prior to meeting Harry she only has two close friends, Jean-Paul and Lex.

Source: Break The Cutie / Fan Works
Adonis Zorba of Survival of the Fittest is played up as a awesome fighter, excelling in multiple fighting disciplines, however in his brief fight with plain-old boxer Bobby Jacks (admittedly a hulking Scary Black Man) Adonis came very close to getting his ass kicked.

Source: Informed Ability

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