sterling: an adjective describing something that is thoroughly excellent
not so excellent < excellent < more excellent in some parts than in others < sterling
from the autobiography of Eric R. Kandel, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2000:
Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2000, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2001
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