Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Exceptional
Ex·cep′tion·al (·al), a. [Cf. F. exceptionnel.] Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell.
This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett (Th. )
— Ex·cep′tion·al·ly(#), adv.