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A movie whose characters seem to regard Williamsburg as a literal bridge too far is one that’s exceptionably comfortable with its characters’ income bracket.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2020

Sometimes these scribblings took the form of little stories—crudely conceived and incoherently expressed, but rich in the picturesque thought and language of an exceptionably imaginative and precocious child.

From The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe by Stanard, Mary Newton

From that day the power to perform miraculous cures has been but rarely and exceptionably granted to a few individuals.

From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de

“Jocelyn,” though certainly intended by the author to be pure, wavers at points on the edge of the exceptionably ambiguous.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

Cottages are exceptionably liable to conflagration, and after the place is burnt, there is piteous weeping and wailing, and general begging to replace the lost furniture and bedding.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard