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Definition of Pre-eminently
1. Adverb. To a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner. "A wide variety of pre-eminently contemporary scenes"
Definition of Pre-eminently
1. Adverb. (alternative spelling of preeminently) ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pre-eminently
Literary usage of Pre-eminently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"This is stranger in Ohio than in Illinois,, because Ohio is pre-eminently noted
for its magnificent trees. They could, be found everywhere else in this ..."
2. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin (1885)
"tween dominion strictly so called (property pre-eminently so called, in re potestas,
... preeminently ..."
3. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"Rome still maintained her pre-eminently cosmopolitan character. There existed no
court which was composed, racially and socially, of such heterogeneous ..."
4. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1859)
"I» them all Dr. Miller was pre-eminently like himself. But the seene by whieh 1
most love to ... preeminently ..."
5. A Systematic Treatise, Historical, Etiological, and Practical, on the by Daniel Drake (1854)
"... anatomy of fully formed consumption, thus keeping in mind the classical maxim,
resist the beginnings, as pre-eminently applicable to this fatal malady. ..."
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