pre-eminently

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See also: preeminently and preëminently

English

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Adverb

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pre-eminently (comparative more pre-eminently, superlative most pre-eminently)

  1. Alternative spelling of preeminently.
    • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 115:
      Will not you engage to attend with your eyes steadily fixed on him the whole time—as I shall do—not to lose a word; or only looking off just to note down any sentence pre-eminently beautiful?
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