Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SU-PER'LA-TIVE-LY
SU-PER'LA-TIVESU-PER'LA-TIVE-NESS
SU-PER'LA-TIVE-LY, adv.
- In a manner expressing the utmost degree. I shall not speak superlatively of them. – Bacon.
- In the highest or utmost degree. Tiberius was superlatively wicked; Clodius was superlatively profligate.
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