par excellence
adverb/ˌpɑːr ˈeksəlɑːns/
/ˌpɑːr ˌeksəˈlɑːns/
(from French)- in a way that is better than all the others of the same kind; in a way that is a very good example of something
- Chemistry was par excellence the laboratory science of the early nineteenth century.
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