Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a splendid victory or reputation
characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"
If you describe a building or work of art as splendid, you mean that it is beautiful, impressive, and extremely well made. a splendid Victorian mansion. = magnificent + splendidly splen·did·ly The young women are splendidly dressed, some in floor-length ball gowns = magnificently
If you say that something is splendid, you mean that it is very good. Our house has got a splendid view across to the Cotswolds = marvellous + splendidly splen·did·ly I have heard him tell people that we get along splendidly