Exceptional
Exceptional adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
Perfect and exceptional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perfect" instead an adjective "Exceptional".
Perfect
Perfect adjective - Being entirely without fault or flaw.
Usage example: a stunningly perfect performance—not the slightest mistake—won her the gold medal in women's figure skating
Exceptional and perfect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exceptional" instead an adjective "Perfect".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The artist is Polish, and the translations aren't always perfect, but otherwise it's rather exceptional.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Beetlejuice -
Heroic Willpower: Lunacy can backfire; a mortal who has an exceptional success resisting it not only remembers what happened with perfect clarity, but refreshes all Willpower as the fight-or-flight instinct is channeled into fight.
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Played a little more realistically in that Lin is noted in-universe to be an exceptional genius (she is the only under-18 character in the entire city), and she's far from perfect, making a number of big mistakes in her primary project that almost cause the whole thing to get scrapped.
Source: Improbable Age
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