exceptional vs so-so

exceptional

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

adj
  • Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence. 

  • Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. 

  • Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity. 

so-so

adj
  • Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent. 

adv
  • Neither very well nor very poorly. 

How often have the words exceptional and so-so occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )