VERBS

appear, be, look, prove, seem, sound
become
consider sth
The school is considered excellent

ADV

most, really, truly
absolutely, quite
rather
generally
The meals are generally excellent
uniformly
The performances and recordings are uniformly excellent
apparently
potentially
otherwise
In an otherwise excellent issue about global warming, I found Jeremy Creed's article very unconvincing

PREP

at
Clancey was excellent at keeping the kids under control
for
These potatoes are excellent for baking