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発音

• enPR: stĕl'ər
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈstɛlə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈstɛlɚ/, /ˈstɛl.ər/
• (Indic) IPA: /ˈsʈɛllɑ(ɾ)/
• 韻: -ɛlə(ɹ)
• 異形同音異義語: steller, Steller; Stella, stella (non-rhotic)
• ハイフネーション: stel‧lar

形容詞

stellar (comparative more stellar, superlative most stellar)

1. (astronomy, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

   Synonyms: astral, sidereal, starry, starly

   Antonym: nonstellar

2. Heavenly.
3. (by extension) Exceptional, exceptionally good.

   Synonyms: wonderful, excellent, brilliant, exceptional, superb, outstanding

   Antonyms: mediocre, poor, underwhelming, average

   The actress gave a stellar performance.

   • 1931, Music and Dance, volume 21, Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Musical News Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 27, column 2:

     Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.

   • 1970, Hardware Age, volume 205, New York, N.Y.: David Williams Co., →OCLC, page 8, column 1:

     Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969.

   • 2012, Linda A. Jenkins, “What is Social Lending?”, in Creative Financing: How to Get a Small Business Loan without a Banker, Gold Alliance Group, →ISBN, page 1:

     Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong.

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派生語

参考

• constellation

アナグラム

• Staller, staller