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18 words match “EMINENTLY”

EMINENTLY adv.
In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
PREEMINENTLY adv.
In a preëminent degree.
AGGLOMERATIVE a.
Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections. Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of his own words) agglomerative. Coleridge.
ARBOREAL a.
, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals. Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal. Darwin.
ARMED a.
Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency. A distemper eminently armed from heaven. De Foe.
CHOICELY adv.
In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently. "Choicely good." Walton.
COHERENCE; COHERENCY n.
discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke.
CRAVE v.
long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food. His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. Edmund Gurney.
EXCELLENT adv.
Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off well and excellent." Shak.
GODLIKE a.
Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. -- God"like`ness, n.
GOLDEN a.
Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. Golden age. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical pe…
HIGH adv.
; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully. "And reasoned high." Milton. "I can not reach so high." Shak.
ILLUSTRIOUSLY adv.
In a illustrious manner; conspicuously; eminently; famously. Milton.
SIGNALLY adv.
In a signal manner; eminently.
SURPASSING a.
Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
SYMMETRIAN n.
One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.
SYMMETRIST n.
One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. Sir H. Wotton.
TOP v.
To perform eminently, or better than before. From endeavoring universally to top their parts, they will go universally beyond them. Jeffrey.