adv. "She was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "full well"; "a rattling good story"

adj. quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

adj. extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"

adj. full of vitality: "`canty' is a British term"

adj. working hard to promote an enterprise

adj. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

adj. displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness

adj. moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

adj. (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief"

adj. fresh and animated; "her breezy nature"

adj. not frequently used or experienced: "a rare word"; "an unwonted softness in her old face"

adj. highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among musicians"; "a supreme endxxeavor"; "supreme courage"

adj. not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"

adj. extraordinarily large in size or amount or degree

adj. surprising greatly; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks"

adj. bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

adj. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"

adj. delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"

adj. commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"

adj. barely credible; "the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner"

adj. not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"

adj. totally unlikely

adj. beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"

adj. having an illustrious past

adj. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn"

adj. celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James"

adj. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

adj. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"

adj. of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"

adj. eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"

adj. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"

adj. incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"

adj. having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"

adj. distinguished from all others in excellence: "a banner year for the company"

adj. radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

adj. rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"

adj. worthy of high praise; "applaudable efforts to save the environment"; "a commendable sense of purpose"; "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"; "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence"

adj. in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"

adj. very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"

adj. talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic"

adj. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"

adv. to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective"

adv. to an excessive degree; "too big"

adv. to a notable extent; "notably in the social sciences, the professors teach too much"

adv. to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator"

adv. to an exceptional degree; "it worked exceptionally well"

adv. extremely; "she was inordinately smart"; "it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate"

adj. characterized by energetic bodily activity; "a very physical dance performance"

adj. acting with vigor; "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive"

adj. showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"

adj. characterized by or performed with much energy or force; "strenuous exercise"

adj. characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"

adj. remarkable or wonderful

adj. suggestive of fireworks; "pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity"; "a pyrotechnic wit"

adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

adj. being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution"

adj. surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid andsome steel"- George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"

adj. unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"

adj. for a special service or occasion; "a special correspondent"; "a special adviser to the committee"; "had to get special permission for the event"

adj. performing or able to perform wonders or miracles

adj. deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"

adj. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

adj. provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

adj. experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. intense or extreme in degree or quality: "intense anxiety,"; "extreme cold"; "deep trouble"; "horrible weather"; "profound regret"; "severe pain"; "such grief"; "a terrible cough"