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superexcellently

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English

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Etymology

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From superexcellent +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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superexcellently (comparative more superexcellently, superlative most superexcellently)

  1. In a superexcellent manner; of supreme excellence.
    • 1816, Vicente Espinel, Algernon Langton ·, The History of the Life of the Squire Marcos de Obregon[1], J. Booth, page 36:
      The Guitar is an Instrument superexcellently harmonious, and is remarkable for great Concord of Sounds.
    • 1829, The Foreign Review[2], Black, Young, and Young, page 359:
      He who is all-powerful will, in attribute, wield the thunderbolts of destiny: Napoleon, therefore, effected those treaties superexcellently for the interests of France; and on this account has been rated by his partisans, as infinitely superior to the superlative Florentine of the olden times.
    • 1911, Huanzhang Chen, The Economic Principles of Confucius and His School[3], Columbia University, Longmans, Green & Company, Agents, page 54:
      The great sage first superexcellently practises the virtues of respect, deference, and universal love, so that the mass of people love and follow him.