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supereminently

supereminently adverb: in a supereminent manner; to a supreme degree.

Adverb

supereminently (comparative more supereminently, superlative most supereminently)

  1. In a supereminent manner; to a supreme degree.
    • He begins his letter under the same sensations he would have, if he were to accost her in person, only with this difference,—that he may take as much time as he pleases, for consideration, and need not write a single word that he has not well weighed and pondered beforehand, much less a sentence...1731, E . V. Lucas, The World's Classics: William Cowper's Letters: A Selection, R. & R. Clark, Limited, page 58
    • A perfect list of its deans, from their first establishment by Edward III, to the time of its surrender by the last; and an account of the benefactions to it when a chapel, from incontrovertible evidence, one of its own records, which has never before been attempted, will also be found here...1807, John Thomas Smith, Antiquities of Westminster, J. Manson, J. T. Smith, R. Ryan T. Bensley, Bolt Court, pages 10-11

Examples of supereminently in a sentence

  • First, That the eastern states were supereminently commercial.1817, Mathew Carey, The Olive Branch, J. Foster, page 267:
  • She endeavoured to prove to me 'au contraire,' the tendencies of both her novels were supereminently moral.1834, John Nichols, The Gentleman's Magazine, London, page 351:

Forms of supereminently

comparativemore supereminently
superlativemost supereminently

Origin of supereminently

From supereminent + -ly.

Questions about supereminently

What does supereminently mean?
Supereminently means in a supereminent manner; to a supreme degree.
How do you use supereminently in a sentence?
First, That the eastern states were supereminently commercial.
What part of speech is supereminently?
Supereminently is an adverb.

Words near supereminently in the dictionary

  1. supereminence
  2. supereminences
  3. supereminencies
  4. supereminency
  5. supereminent
  6. supereminently
  7. superemission
  8. superemissions
  9. superemitter
  10. superemitters
  11. superemotional

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