Meanings
comparative more pre-eminently · superlative most pre-eminently
- alternativeAlternative spelling of preeminently.
Will not you engage to attend with your eyes steadily fixed on him the whole time—as I shall do—not to lose a word; or only looking off just to note down any sentence pre-eminently beautiful?
1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 115
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbto a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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