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supertremendous

supertremendous adjective: exceptionally tremendous; of particular tremendousness.

Adjective

supertremendous (comparative more supertremendous, superlative most supertremendous)

  1. (rare) Exceptionally tremendous; of particular tremendousness.
    • Blessed with a supertremendous memory, Prof. Rainville continually amazes students with feats of mental gymnastics.1942, The Michigan Technic, Volume 61, University of Michigan, College of Engineering, page 24
    • The product is supertremendous. Thus, a tiny bit of matter can be converted into a tremendous amount of energy. In theory, any kind of matter will do. It need not be uranium or other rare substances.1948, Bernard Jaffe, Herbert Spencer Zim, William Riley Burnett, New World of Science, Silver Burdett Company, page 292

Examples of supertremendous in a sentence

  • At one time a Federal judge was something “supertremendous."1977, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of...
  • These holy things are to be adored with that worship of latria which does not belong to anything else except the superimmense and supertremendous hypostasis of the divine Word (in Ps 133:3).1987, Godfrey Anstruther, Opening the Scrolls: Essays in Catholic History in Honour of Godfrey Anstruther, Downside Abbey, →ISBN, page 41:

Forms of supertremendous

comparativemore supertremendous
superlativemost supertremendous
alternative formsuper-tremendous

Origin of supertremendous

From super- + tremendous.

Questions about supertremendous

What does supertremendous mean?
Supertremendous means exceptionally tremendous; of particular tremendousness.
How do you use supertremendous in a sentence?
At one time a Federal judge was something “supertremendous."
What part of speech is supertremendous?
Supertremendous is an adjective.

Words near supertremendous in the dictionary

  1. supertransporters
  2. supertrawler
  3. supertrawlers
  4. supertree
  5. supertrees
  6. supertremendous
  7. supertribal
  8. supertribe
  9. supertribes
  10. supertrivial
  11. supertropical

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