adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a supereminent manner or degree; eminently above others; supremely.

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1617.  Lady Englefield, Lett., in Slingsby’s Diary, etc. (1836), 297. Christ as man receaved this power supereminently of God.

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1625.  Gill, Sacr. Philos., i. 5. Other attributes we give unto God, which signifie perfections supereminently.

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1660.  R. Burney, Κέρδ. Δῶρον (1661), 75. A Prince is exalted by God supereminently next to himself.

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1721.  R. Keith, trans. T. à Kempis, Vall. Lillies, xxvi. 78. That … God may be … by thee beloved, blessed, praised, and supereminently exalted to all Eternity.

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1825.  Scott, Talism., x. From that commanding height the banner of England was supereminently displayed.

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1893.  Symonds, Michelangelo, I. v. 206. A style so supereminently noble and so astoundingly original as Michelangelo’s.

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