As others have stated, we tend to overuse superlatives in American English. I try to avoid that, and have picked up a phrase for restaurants from a friend. He w

As others have stated, we tend to overuse superlatives in American English. I try to avoid that, and have picked up a phrase for restaurants from a friend. He will sometimes describe a restaurant that is good, not great, but one he would go back to again, as "exceptionally adequate."