supereminently
- a word derived from supereminent.
Example Sentences
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The debate on the repeal of the Union was more remarkable for the length than the excellence of the speeches, except Spring Rice’s, which was both long and good, and Peel’s, the latter supereminently so.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles
For in all new discoveries, there is no other thing appears but this, that that which the soul is seeking is supereminently unknown, and still further from knowledge than ever it conceived it to be.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
It has the effect of constituting the united terms “one subsisting being,” and therefore has supereminently, if not formally, the effect of a “substantial union”.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
The participants were composed of the "best classes;" therefore, by all logic it was a scene supereminently sane, respectable and legitimate; the police, worthy defenders of the peace, treated it all with an awed respect.
From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus
‘A man must be supereminently a gentleman to respect a woman who does not make him do so,’ said Robert mournfully.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
