super-eminent
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No one will ever dispute Nelson's cool, determined presence of mind, in the midst of danger and the greatest difficulties; he possessed this admirable quality in a super-eminent degree.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Henry Hunt
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 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The people were there, proud of their king, proud of his magnificent appearance, but prouder of the super-eminent qualities that had marked the commencement of his reign.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
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 H. E. (Henry Edward) Bird
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
