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Contrary in an inferior degree.

Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree. Bp. Hall.

To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.

Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.

To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.

Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well. Dryden. Raise her notes to that sublime degree Which suits song of piety and thee. Prior.

Height; completion; utmost degree. Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss. Milton.

The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.

The utmost degree; perfection. [Obs.] Hallywell.

A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.

Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv.

To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. Barrow.

Elevation above the common degree. Holyday.

Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent. Drayton.

Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility.

Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character.

To reward to an excessive degree. Bacon.

The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180°; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle.

Slight degree; suggestion; hint. [Colloq.] The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion . . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor. A. W. Ward.

Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.