supreme
adjective
highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
supremeness
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a word derived from
supreme.
Example Sentences
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It is the poetical essence of the Universe—of the Universe which, in the supremeness of its symmetry, is but the most sublime of poems.
From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Poe, Edgar A.
Here is an example of that simple supremeness that is at once a witness to itself.
From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William
Now, never losing sight of the object supremeness or perfection at all points, I asked myself—"Of all melancholy topics what, according to the universal understanding of mankind, is the most melancholy?"
From Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works by Poe, Edgar Allan
I firmly believed that no incident ever occurring in the course of human events is more adapted to inspire the supremeness of mental and bodily distress than a case like our own, of living inhumation.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Poe, Edgar Allan
