Results for superlative

Definitions of superlative:

part of speech: noun

Superlativeness.

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:

• 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