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# splendid

«splendid» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very beautiful, grand and impressive: «a splendid palace»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (splendid, more splendid, most splendid); adverb (splendidly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very beautiful, grand and impressive: «a splendid palace». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/#m1)

2) (UK, a little old-fashioned) Very good; excellent: «What a splendid idea!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows, Toad uses «splendid» all the time about himself, his house and his motor-cars. In old-style British speech, «Splendid!» means «Great!». In descriptive writing, splendid can describe a grand building, costume or view.

### examples

- What a splendid idea! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/#x1)
- The palace had a splendid golden gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/#x2)
- Toad said Toad Hall was the most splendid house on the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/#x3)
- We had a splendid day at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/#x4)
- The peacock spread its splendid tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/#x5)
- «Splendid!» said the teacher. «Full marks.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/#x6)
- How splendid and light it is! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/#x7)

### note

Noun splendour (UK) / splendor (US). Similar: magnificent, grand, superb, excellent.

### In the corpora

- [Over lunch Toad tells all his adventures as if they were splendid fun, and the Rat grows more and more grave and silent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «splendid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splendid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.