This is the kind of superlative language reserved for Berlin Walls falling or apartheids ending, not for one person, one athlete. From Wordnik.com. [Me and Mrs. Jones] Reference
Works of genius are stimulated, how often, by a kind of superlative hunger. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons for the New Life.] Reference
Merely to class nesi '' elohim as a kind of superlative (K.S. 309 l) is rather shallow. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
However, Which? said its "superlative" customer service made it stand out, especially its. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Bim'odh me'odh constitutes, as usual in such repetitions, a kind of superlative (K.S. 318 f.). From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
Nicole Scherzinger's so-so score for a "superlative" samba, Monday's show was dripping with drama, if not high marks. From Wordnik.com. [E! Online (US) - Top Stories]
Actually, I thought it was some kind of superlative for exactly, the pinnacle of exactness, as if that makes any sense. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
But she had never felt motion so superlative as this. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Sometimes, though, a superlative is empirically justified. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor’s Desk] Reference
What word usually follows the comparative, and what the superlative?. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
English to use two forms of the comparative and superlative degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
In these examples the superlative is wrongly used for the comparative. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
Good writers sometimes use the superlative in comparing two things; as. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
And his policy record during the Clinton years is absolutely superlative. From Wordnik.com. [Zach Carter: Replacing Summers: Think Policy, Not Politico] Reference
No superlative, expressed in his thick New York accent, appears to suffice. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Is Rebuilding Ground Zero] Reference
Handling is superlative with exquisite steering, brake feel, and body control. From Wordnik.com. [Warning: The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG may be addictive] Reference
All around the restaurant sounded the excellent mouths of men with superlative tastes. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession] Reference
But the consensus seemed to be that yes, Airport! might actually deserve a superlative. From Wordnik.com. [The readers' room: what you thought of G2 this week] Reference
But it is in the superlative qualities of its fat that the true genius of the goose lies. From Wordnik.com. [The golden goose] Reference
Nearby is Sipadan Island, known to scuba divers around the world for its superlative diving. From Wordnik.com. [An Oil Rig's Second, Scuba-Diving Life] Reference
Give and illustrate the principles which guide in the use of comparative and superlative forms. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
And therefore do I say that, fighting with perfect composure, he fights with superlative skill. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
The blouse she wore was a superlative affair of lace and delicacy and tracings of fine embroidery. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
The last form is found in a number of English words; as, dilate, elate, legislate, relate, superlative, translate. From Wordnik.com. [Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois] Reference
Notice, too, that the adjective in the comparative and superlative degrees always expresses the quality relatively. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Don't forget to follow the Guardian's superlative reporting of the biggest event in Christendom since the Reformation. From Wordnik.com. [Divine dispatches: a religion roundup] Reference
In the summer of 1981, a year that marked the height of mile mania in Europe, Mr. Maree was having a superlative season. From Wordnik.com. [The Record That Won't Go Away] Reference
+For Cautions and Examples respecting the use of adjectives and of comparative and superlative forms, see Lessons 90, 91, 128. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
All she knew was to be a consequential young lady of distinction, full of exalted qualifying adjectives in the superlative degree. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
"`best' is the superlative form of `good'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It was obvious that Americans enjoyed everything in superlative form: the biggest, the best, the only, and the unique. From Wordnik.com. [SEA WOLF] Reference
The Super Bowl might as well be called the superlative bowl. From Wordnik.com. [Winning wings and pizzas with pizzazz for Super Bowl Sunday] Reference
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