optime
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of optime
1700–10; extracted from Latin phrase optimē ( disputasti ) (you have argued) very well
Example Sentences
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Ecclesiam Catholicam Romanam optime a mediocris Bavari bureaucrat semel tasked cum concelamento foedissimis iniquitatem, cuius ineptitudinem in illa job nunc ostendit eo ad nos sicut homo personaliter et professionally responsible pro enabling sordida unda sceleris.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013
The jokes tend to be lame: Primus: "Noah Webster optime Anglice locutus est."
From Time Magazine Archive
Denique 10 ea fortuna Drusi fuit, ut malefacta collegarum quamvis optime ab ipso cogitatis senatus probaret magis. . . .
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
In Π, optime stands at the end of the line.
From A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York by Lowe, E. A. (Elias Avery)
He achieved the rare distinction of obtaining an optime for both Greek and for physics.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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