Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or consisting of stars.
- adjective Of or relating to a star performer.
- adjective Outstanding; principal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to stars; astral: as, stellar worlds; stellar space; stellar regions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to stars; astral.
- adjective Full of stars; starry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective astronomy Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of
stars . - adjective
Heavenly . - adjective
Exceptional ;wonderful .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective indicating the most important performer or role
- adjective being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As being consistent with the unit of distance, I have proposed for the stellar unit of time a _stellar year_
Lectures on Stellar Statistics Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier 1898
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Ms. Warren, who lured Mr. Cordray to the CFPB, threw her support behind what she called a "stellar" choice.
Bank Challenger Picked to Run Consumer Agency Deborah Solomon 2011
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Under these circumstances, at the present time, which we referred to as a stellar moment of the revolution, we are commemorating Peasants Day.
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And so what happens is that these heavy elements have what we call stellar winds; quite strong stellar winds.
Universe Today 2008
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And so what happens is that these heavy elements have what we call stellar winds; quite strong stellar winds.
Universe Today 2008
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Our country could be in stellar condition and the Republicans would be complaining! rhoward
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Beasley tops in stellar freshman class, but now what?
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Using two celebrities (Britney and Paris) whose behavior was famously far from stellar is dishonest.
McCain Says He Is Proud of ‘Celebrity’ Ad - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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- London Free Press There is also a wonderful, detailed book about this time call "36 Days" written by correspondents from the New York Times Back to recount, the buzz is that all the principle characters put in stellar performances.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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Beasley tops in stellar freshman class, but now what?
ambutterfly commented on the word stellar
this may be one of my favorite words
October 25, 2007
reesetee commented on the word stellar
It's truly a stellar word. :-)
October 25, 2007
bilby commented on the word stellar
WeirdNET's been at grammar school this week.
May 16, 2008
reesetee commented on the word stellar
What the...?
May 16, 2008
YOWASSUP commented on the word stellar
look at the images.
March 26, 2016