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supreme1

[suh-preem, soo-]
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adjective
  1. highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
  2. of the highest quality, degree, character, importance, etc.: supreme courage.
  3. greatest, utmost, or extreme: supreme disgust.
  4. last or final; ultimate.
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Origin of supreme1

1510–20; < Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus upper, adj. derivative of super (see super-)
Related formssu·preme·ly, adverbsu·preme·ness, noun
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  • Both rooms were large and furnished in a style that had been supremely luxurious in 1878.

    The Spenders

    Harry Leon Wilson

  • She had lost the few remaining days in which she could have been supremely happy.

    A Spirit in Prison

    Robert Hichens

  • And in as much as he can continue to repeat them to himself, he is supremely content.

    The Book of Khalid

    Ameen Rihani

  • I was crying like a child at the sight of it all, but none the less I was supremely happy.

  • This vigor is supremely great, and in the highest degree unbending.

    Essays, Second Series

    Ralph Waldo Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for supremely

supreme

adjective
  1. of highest status or powera supreme tribunal
  2. (usually prenominal) of highest quality, importance, etcsupreme endeavour
  3. greatest in degree; extremesupreme folly
  4. (prenominal) final or last, esp being last in one's life or progress; ultimatethe supreme judgment
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Derived Formssupremely, adverbsupremeness, noun

Word Origin

C16: from Latin suprēmus highest, from superus that is above, from super above

suprême

noun
  1. Also called: suprême sauce a rich velouté sauce made with a base of veal or chicken stock, with cream or egg yolks added
  2. the best or most delicate part of meat, esp the breast and wing of chicken, cooked in suprême sauce
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Word Origin

French: supreme
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Word Origin and History for supremely

supreme

adj.

1520s, from Middle French suprême, from Latin supremus "highest," superlative of superus "situated above," from super "above" (see super-). Supreme Being first attested 1690s; Supreme Court is from 1709.

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