super-eminent
Example Sentences
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It is the super-eminent glory of English that it counts twice in the reckoning.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
Explain to me, O thou super-eminent in virtue, the nature of the game that is played on the eight times eight square board.
From Chess History and Reminiscences by Bird, H. E. (Henry Edward)
Self-delusion, for such it was, so perfect and complete, who could conceive—hypocrisy so super-eminent, who could conjecture!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
Alice was in all her best clothes, but it cannot be said that she looked the wife of a super-eminent painter.
From Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days by Bennett, Arnold
When scorn did not inspire his mirth, when it was genuine gaiety that painted his features with a joyous expression, his beauty became super-eminent, divine.
From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
