first-rate

/fˈɜːstɹˈeɪt/

/ˌfɝˈstɹeɪt/

first-rate

having the greatest quality

synonyms : A-one

first-rate

quite well

synonyms : very well

Examples

1. My mother really was a first-rate artist.

2. As if you've gone to an Ivy League school, or Stanford, or, or, or a, a first-rate institution in Europe.

3. Most people, most organizations, can't afford the advice of first-rate professionals, or indeed, any professionals.

4. He was a first-rate lawyer, by all accounts.