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Superlative degree   /sʊpˈərlətɪv dɪgrˈi/   Listen
Superlative degree

noun
1.
The superlative form of an adjective or adverb.  Synonym: superlative.  "'least famous' is the superlative degree of the adjective 'famous'" , "'most surely' is the superlative of the adverb 'surely'"






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"Superlative degree" Quotes from Famous Books



... that awarded to Socrates the superlative degree of wisdom, gave to Sophocles the positive, and to ...
— Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... houses and grounds were on a more modest scale than those of Loringwood. They lacked the grandeur suggested by the century-old cedars she had observed along the Loring drive. The Terrace was much more modern and, possibly, so much more comfortable. It had in a superlative degree the delightful atmosphere of home, and although the stranger had been within its gates so short a time, she was conscious of the wonder if in all her varied experience she had ever been in so real a ...
— The Bondwoman • Marah Ellis Ryan



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