Meanings
- superlativesuperlative form of great: most great
Caliban: […]I never saw a woman / But only Sycorax, my dam, and she; / But she as far surpasseth Sycorax / As great'st does least.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]1 more example
The greatest number of bridges requiring modification are overline bridges, and many methods are adopted in reconstructing and altering them to give increased clearances.
1958 July 28, “Bridge Reconstruction for L.M.R. Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 465Synonyms: maximum, ultimate, utmost, extreme, ferocious, exquisite, intense, pluperfect
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adjectivehighest in quality
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