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Superlative

adjective

1.

Highest in quality. Synonyms: greatest, sterling.

noun

1.

An exaggerated expression (usually of praise).

2.

The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tiptop, top. "The artist's gifts are at their acme" , "At the height of her career" , "The peak of perfection" , "Summer was at its peak" , "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame" , "The summit of his ambition" , "So many highest superlatives achieved by man" , "At the top of his profession"

3.

The superlative form of an adjective or adverb. Synonym: superlative degree. "'least famous' is the superlative degree of the adjective 'famous'" , "'most surely' is the superlative of the adverb 'surely'"

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"Superlative" Quotes from Famous Books

... have had few comedies on their stage; no farces. Cats care little for fun. In the circus, superlative acrobats. No clowns. ...

— This Simian World • Clarence Day Jr.

... to justify his course, and confirm his confidence in fate. Eight years and three months nominally in the service, out of which in reality he had been absent four years and ten months either on furlough or without one, and already a general! Neither blind luck, nor the revolutionary epoch, nor the superlative ability of the man, but a compound of all these, had brought this marvel to pass. It did not intoxicate, but still further sobered, the beneficiary. This effect was partly due to an experience which demonstrated that strong as are the ...

— The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - Vol. I. (of IV.) • William Milligan Sloane

... that you have found him. You afterwards become so enamoured of this offspring of your brain, that you imagine it impossible, but he must produce something greater and more perfect than the present scene of things, which is so full of ill and disorder. You forget, that this superlative intelligence and benevolence are entirely imaginary, or, at least, without any foundation in reason; and that you have no ground to ascribe to him any qualities, but what you see he has actually exerted ...

— An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding • David Hume et al

... slinking, furtive, ever on a futile prowl. He especially engaged the interest of Tom McNeil, who said admiringly, as I, too, looked through the bars, "Ain't he a prompt little cuss?" I felt that with Tom it was the fascination of opposites; he never could understand superlative energy. ...

— Meadow Grass - Tales of New England Life • Alice Brown

... and extremely oily as the superlative ao implies. There are no finer, fatter cheeses in the world than those made of rich sheep milk in the mountains of ...

— The Complete Book of Cheese • Robert Carlton Brown

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