Results for superlative
Definitions of superlative:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
A word in the superlative degree.
part of speech: adjective
Carried above others or to the highest degree: superior to all others: most eminent: ( gram.) expressing the highest degree of a quality.
part of speech: noun
The superlative or highest degree of adjectives and adverbs.
part of speech: adjective
Superior to all others; highest in degree; as, superlative wisdom; in grammar, expressing the highest degree: said of a form of adjectives and adverbs.
part of speech: adjective
Surpassing all others; most eminent; in gram., expressing the highest degree in the quality of adjectives or adverbs.
part of speech: noun
The highest degree of excellence; the highest degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb; a word expressing the highest degree.
part of speech: adverb
Superlatively.
Usage examples for superlative:
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1- 7. That is surely a superlative honour!
"My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year", John Henry Jowett -
O'Donoghue was sometimes placed in the position of the superlative degree of comparison.
"Lalage's Lovers 1911", George A. Birmingham -
Vanity Fair and Barry Lyndon are superlative examples of force of mind.
"The Age of Tennyson", Hugh Walker -
Mine host has no sooner given the alarm than Romescos expresses superlative surprise.
"Our World, or, The Slaveholders Daughter", F. Colburn Adams