Exceptional
Exceptional adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
Superior is a synonym for exceptional in excellent topic. In some cases you can use "Superior" instead an adjective "Exceptional", when it comes to topics like remarkable, greater.
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This allows him to chew out his own superior officer in a way that would almost certainly never be tolerated from a less exceptional pilot.
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Another thing is that if you're writing about pre/post gunpowder warriors, you're writing about professional athletes; the superior ones will have exceptional physiques and they will work very, very hard at conditioning and training.
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