supernal

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Well, the con man supernal, the dethroned king of downtown, the toppled ruler of Albany, has reclaimed his luck and has won again.

From Washington Times • May 5, 2021

It is his supernal voice that disarms listeners, that sends a tingle down the spine, but more than anything else his music is defined by its unwillingness to be categorised.

From The Guardian • Feb. 29, 2020

That opening space sequence functions as supernal ballet, with various vessels spinning, rotating along unfamiliar axes, pirouetting in a post-atmospheric dance of grace against a backdrop of penumbras.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2018

Indeed, the pictures are of such supernal excellence that Sendak’s publisher released the title on both its children’s and adult lists.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2017

But with the rising of even the faintest breeze the highest spires of the Cathedral would appear out of the mist as though, through some supernal agency, they were suspended in mid-air.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart