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Meanings of superlative in inglês

português
ápice
catalão
apogeu
espanhol
pico

The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.

ápice
português
superlativo
catalão
superlatiu
espanhol
superlativo

The superlative form of an adjective or adverb.

superlativo
Sinônimos
Examples for "superlative degree"
Examples for "superlative degree"
1
The principles of composition-writing apply to advertising in the superlative degree.
Practical English Composition: Book II. / For the Second Year of...
2
No man reaches the superlative degree of wickedness all at once.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
3
What the crowd does is to raise an emotion to a superlative degree.
A Dominie in Doubt
4
He is always in extremes, perpetually in the superlative degree.
Bleak House
5
Everything is as it was, only in the superlative degree.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Corinthians, Galatians, a...

Highest in quality.

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Usage of superlative in inglês
1
The £30 million striker was at his superlative best, a constant menace.
The Guardian
2
The love of the superlative is deeply seated in the American mind.
Humanly Speaking
3
What it means:Some things are just so awesome no superlative is sufficient.
The Irish Times
4
Above all, though, they have made superlative moves in the transfer market.
The Guardian
5
How must it have felt, always being reduced to that single superlative?
A memory of wind
6
Suppose a writer were daily saluted with praises couched in superlative language.
Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects / Everyman's Library
7
They giggled and swapped gags about the superlative quality of their seed.
The Guardian
8
Biographies of Mr Thiel do not say he was a superlative coder.
Radio NZ
9
Everything was of the superlative best, and superlative best prices were charged.
The Turtles of Tasman
10
Of all the ugly little devils I ever saw, he was superlative.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
11
I think it adds to his attraction, it is such superlative audacity.
The Point of View
12
If superlative and clamorous love of country is a virtue-theyhave it.
Europe—Whither Bound? / Being Letters of Travel from the Capital...
13
That superlative scoundrel, Mascarin, has put several white threads in my hair.
The Champdoce Mystery
14
That's superlative defending, because Weir was out of the game totally there.
The Guardian
15
Yet, on the other hand, a superlative clearness is not necessarily admirable.
Impressions and Comments
16
Some will dispute the superlative, but this is unquestionably a masochist's paradise.
The Irish Times
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Superlative through the time
Superlative across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common