exceptional ex‧cep‧tion‧al [ɪkˈsepʆnəl] adjective
1. ACCOUNTING an exceptional cost etc is one that does not occur regularly:
• a $34 million exceptional restructuring charge
2. very good, or much better than usual:
• The last decade produced exceptional returns on many kinds of investments.
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exceptional UK US /ɪkˈsepʃənəl/ adjective
► unusual; not what happens regularly or is expected: »
The industry is anxious to stress that this is an exceptional case.
»These are exceptional circumstances.
in exceptional circumstances/cases »This right to sell the shares will apply only in exceptional cases.
»A £2.5m exceptional charge from redundancies contributed to full-year losses.
»exceptional costs
► much greater or better than usual: »
The effort put in by the team over the last five days has been exceptional.
»Her leadership style produced exceptional results.
exceptionally adverb
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The quality of our products is exceptionally high.
»an exceptionally competitive marketplace
Financial and business terms. 2012.