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pre-eminently

pre-eminently is the alternative spelling of preeminently.

Meaning of preeminently

Adverb

preeminently (comparative more preeminently, superlative most preeminently)

  1. In a preeminent manner.
    • [T]he traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region, such as Warwickshire at that time was, is usually exact as well as tenacious; and, with respect to [William] Shakespeare in particular, we may presume it to have been full and circumstantial through the generation succeeding to his own, not...1850, Thomas De Quincey, “Shakspeare”, in Biographical Essays, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 4

Forms of pre-eminently

comparativemore pre-eminently
superlativemost pre-eminently

Questions about pre-eminently

What is pre-eminently the alternative spelling of?
Pre-eminently is the alternative spelling of preeminently.

Words near pre-eminently in the dictionary

  1. pre-electoral
  2. pre-embryo
  3. pre-embryos
  4. pre-eminence
  5. pre-eminent
  6. pre-eminently
  7. pre-empt
  8. pre-empted
  9. pre-empting
  10. pre-emption
  11. pre-emptional

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