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par excellence

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par ex·cel·lence  (pär k-s-läs)
adj.
Being the best or truest of a kind; quintessential: a diplomat par excellence.
[French : par, by + excellence, preeminence.]
par excellence French [par ɛksɛlɑ̃s (English) pɑːr ˈɛksələns]
adv
to a degree of excellence; beyond comparison she is the charitable lady par excellence
[literally: by (way of) excellence]
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Adv.1.par excellence - to a degree of excellence; "he is the honest politician par excellence"
Translations
par excellence [ˌpɑːrˈeksəlɑ̃ːns] ADV → por excelencia
par excellence [ˌpɑːrˈɛksəlɑːns]
adj → par excellence
It was a conflict of interest par excellence → C'était un conflit d'intérêt par excellence.
adv (= to the highest degree)
Bresson is par excellence the Catholic film-maker → Bresson est le réalisateur catholique par excellence.
par excellence
adv → par excellence
par excellence [ˌpɑːrˈɛksələːns] adv → per eccellenza
par excellence [ˌpɑːrˈɛksələːns] adv → per eccellenza


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To this class, all that is AWFUL is bad, in fact it is THE evil par excellence.
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The Mediterranean, the blue sea par excellence, "the great sea" of the Hebrews, "the sea" of the Greeks, the "mare nostrum" of the Romans, bordered by orange-trees, aloes, cacti, and sea-pines; embalmed with the perfume of the myrtle, surrounded by rude mountains, saturated with pure and transparent air, but incessantly worked by underground fires; a perfect battlefield in which Neptune and Pluto still dispute the empire of the world!
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Penetrating through a portal by no means lofty into the precincts of the House which is THE House, PAR EXCELLENCE in the minds of many millions of men, he was met at last by the volatile and revolutionary Toodles.
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