super-supernatural
super-supernatural adjective: above and beyond the supernatural; being unbounded by the supernatural limits, such as the individual soul.
Adjective
super-supernatural (comparative more super-supernatural, superlative most super-supernatural)
- Above and beyond the supernatural; being unbounded by the supernatural limits, such as the individual soul.
- It is possible, and also probable, that a time will come when an invention will be produced to make the submarine useless. There are no anti-super dreadnaughts now, but there will probably come an invention known as a super-supernatural dreadnaught.1920, Benjamin Schwartzberg, Morris Schwartzberg, Uncivilized Civilization, The New Era Publishing Company, page 15
- I was thinking about it last night: wondering where it would be. Somewhere in the spaces of the night — between the stars. Don’t you often wonder whether a soul has a chemical origin? Some day clever men will discover. Souls have substance, more tenuous than light. And light has substance. You can...1922, Edgar Wallace, Captain of Souls, Small, Maynard and Company, page 206
Examples of super-supernatural in a sentence
- Supposing some super-supernatural scientist could examine the ether as we examine a shovel full of earth?1922, Edgar Wallace, Captain of Souls, Small, Maynard and Company, page 206:
- Now that the CLOD has decided that it is naughty to see the show, its business probably will become super-supernatural.1947, Toby Litt, Box Office, Associated Publications, page 59:
- But why are we bound to treat what is natural as something actually superior to what is supernatural; as something which is not even merely supernatural, but is in the exact sense super-supernatural?2006, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, The Well and the Shallows, Ignatius Press, Sheed and Ward Company, →ISBN, page 158:
Forms of super-supernatural
| comparative | more super-supernatural |
|---|---|
| superlative | most super-supernatural |
| alternative form | supersupernatural |
Origin of super-supernatural
From super- + supernatural
Questions about super-supernatural
- What does super-supernatural mean?
- Super-supernatural means above and beyond the supernatural; being unbounded by the supernatural limits, such as the individual soul.
- How do you use super-supernatural in a sentence?
- Supposing some super-supernatural scientist could examine the ether as we examine a shovel full of earth?
- What part of speech is super-supernatural?
- Super-supernatural is an adjective.
Words near super-supernatural in the dictionary
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