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Though the results for the three American teams at the EM III Grand Finals last week in Hanover were less than stellar, that is all in the past.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or consisting of stars.
  2. adjective Of or relating to a star performer.
  3. adjective Outstanding; principal.

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  • While science fiction movies were not consistently stellar, there were at least a couple of examples of great ones. —  ChallengingDestiny22:April2006
  • Though the results for the three American teams at the EM III Grand Finals last week in Hanover were less than stellar, that is all in the past. —  GotFrag eSports Stories
  • "In Treatment" will no doubt recall his stellar, Emmy-winning work as the father of a patient in that HBO show.
  • Battery life isn't stellar -- not bad for a VGA though; —  Pocket PC Thoughts.com
  • Kahvi Collective are stellar, and I've been listening to this as bedtime music for some nights. —  Torley Lives
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  1. Late Latin stēllāris, from Latin stēlla, star; see ster-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French stellaire = Spanish estrellar = Italian stellare, from Late Latin stellaris, pertaining to a star, starry, from Latin stella, a star: see stella.
 

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