par excellence
being an example of excellence; superior; preeminent (used postpositively): a chef par excellence.
above all; preeminently.His method stands par excellence as the most reliable of all.
Origin of par excellence
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How to use par excellence in a sentence
A “komitetchik par excellence,” a man of “outstanding mediocrity,” and “the grave digger of the revolution.”
Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism | William O’Connor | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDostum is a warlord par excellence and a classic product of Afghan politics, which is both local and volatile.
The Warlord Who Defines Afghanistan: An Excerpt From Bruce Riedel’s ’What We Won’ | Bruce Riedel | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is the African revolutionary par excellence who continues to rage against imagined British “colonialism” every day.
The Curious Case of Countries Where Being Gay Is a Crime | James Kirchick | January 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNew York novelist par excellence and wine critic, Jay McInerney, will entertain with a Gatsby-esque story.
Wall Street has long been a presumed base for Mitt Romney, the former financier-par-excellence.
As his system is the foe of all artificial methods, it is par excellence the “Natural” System.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)It is therefore the doyen par excellence, and its rules and orders as carried out in its early days are original and entertaining.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.The hair-dresser is there, an artist par excellence, a sovereign authority, at once nobody and everything.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacAnd why did Chopin regard Mozart as the ideal type, the poet par excellence?
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksHe is par excellence the painter of Intimitt (intimate life); which is not the same as a genre painter.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard Muther
British Dictionary definitions for par excellence
/ French (par ɛksɛlɑ̃s, English pɑːr ˈɛksələns) /
to a degree of excellence; beyond comparison: she is the charitable lady par excellence
Origin of par excellence
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