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 Hunt, Henry
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
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)
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
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
