Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. / Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.

An exception, or something having an exceptional value

(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. / (countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.

(transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception. / (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).

with the exception of; but.

With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

(transitive, intransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way. / (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.

exactly

That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.