superb
[soo-purb, suh-]
- admirably fine or excellent; extremely good: a superb performance.
- sumptuous; rich; grand: superb jewels.
- of a proudly imposing appearance or kind; majestic: superb mountain vistas.
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Origin of superb
Synonyms
See more synonyms for superb on Thesaurus.com2. elegant.
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2. See magnificent.
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Examples from the Web for superbly
Contemporary Examples
But Masters of Sex has quietly become one of the most entertaining, well written, and superbly acted series on TV.
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The play itself was brilliantly written and conceived, superbly staged and acted, and profoundly moving.
Here is a supremely intelligent and competent man, superbly qualified in so many ways for the highest executive office.
The whole passage, at once slow and instantaneous, was superbly polite in the haute-Anglo fashion.
Calasso reconstruction is, in Mounts' judgment, a superbly ambitious, quirky, querulous, lyrical, and finally persuasive essay.
Historical Examples
Superbly self-possessed as he was, he could not conceal his anger.
Up the Forked RiverEdward Sylvester Ellis
She was superbly dressed, her neck and arms and hair were all a-glitter with diamonds.
Nell, of Shorne MillsCharles Garvice
Eighteen years before, Moscow society had defeated him, superbly.
The GeniusMargaret Horton Potter
They were superbly muscular and used to the dragging efforts of novices.
The Trail of '98Robert W. Service
She was superbly willing to amuse, and on any terms; and her temper could do it as well as her wit.
MemoirsCharles Godfrey Leland
superb
- surpassingly good; excellenta superb actor
- majestic or imposinga superb mansion
- magnificently rich; luxuriousthe jubilee was celebrated with a superb banquet
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Word Origin
C16: from Old French superbe, from Latin superbus distinguished, from super above
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Word Origin and History for superbly
superb
adj.
1540s, "noble, magnificent" (of buildings, monuments, etc.), from Latin superbus "grand, proud, sumptuous," from super "above, over" (see super-). The second element probably is from PIE root *bhe- "to be." General sense of "very fine" developed by 1729.
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