Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Excellent

Excellent , adjective

[French excellent, Latin excellens, -entis, present participle of excellere. See Excel.]

1.
Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.
To love... What I see excellent in good or fair. — Milton
2.
Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance. [Obsolete or Ironical]
An excellent hypocrite. — Hume
Their sorrows are most excellent. — Beau. & Fl

Excellent , adverb

Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obsolete]
This comes off well and excellent. — Shakespeare