† 1. = INCOMPARABLE a. Obs.
1382. Wyclif, Judith x. 4. That she aperede to the eȝen of alle men with fairnesse vncomparable.
1483. Caxton, Cato, e iv b. I consydere and suppose that god is so ouer souerayn and uncomparable and unlyke.
1548. Geste, Pr. Masse, A v b. What an vnspeakable and vncomparable vyce is thee Pryuee Masse.
1586. F. Greville, in Sidney, Poems (1873), I. p. xix. Sir Philip’s uncomparable judgement.
1634. P. Smith, in Fuller, Abel Rediv. (1867), II. 316. Had that father been born and lived in Italy or France, his wit, though uncomparable, had been much more refined.
2. Incapable of being compared (to anything else).
1826. Southey, Vind. Eccl. Angl., 177. An unexpressible, uncomparable, unimaginable stench.
Hence Uncomparably adv.
1548. Geste, Pr. Masse, E v b. By reason wherof thee priest sacryfyce as it most hyghly empayrethe christes honoure & maiestie so vncomperablely offendeth god.
