superlative
Example Sentences
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Superlative reviews around the world ensured its place in the door-stopping canon of modern literary classics.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2020
Superlative feats have always thrilled average mortals, in part, perhaps, because they register as a victory for Team Homo Sapiens: they redefine the humanly possible.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018
Superlative showmanship was on display in musical numbers from shows such as “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Rent” and “Gypsy.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2017
Newbury 2.30: Despite having to give away 3lb, Formosina can set the record straight after his flop in the Superlative Stakes last time.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2010
Superlative and inexhaustible, Sir Pertinax; ha, ha, ha!—
From The Man of the World (1792) by Macklin, Charles
Vocabulary lists containing superlative
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Power Prefix: super-
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Language and Grammar - Introductory
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