SPLENDID


Meaning of SPLENDID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ splendɪd ]

1.

If you say that something is splendid , you mean that it is very good.

Our house has got a splendid view across to the Cotswolds...

= marvellous

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• splen‧did‧ly

I have heard him tell people that we get along splendidly.

ADV : ADV with v

2.

If you describe a building or work of art as splendid , you mean that it is beautiful, impressive, and extremely well made.

...a splendid Victorian mansion.

= magnificent

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• splen‧did‧ly

The young women are splendidly dressed, some in floor-length ball gowns...

= magnificently

ADV : ADV adj , ADV with v

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