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eminently

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em·i·nent  (m-nnt)
adj.
1. Towering or standing out above others; prominent: an eminent peak.
2. Of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy: eminent members of the community.
3. Outstanding, as in character or performance; distinguished: an eminent historian. See Synonyms at noted.
[Middle English, from Latin minns, minent-, present participle of minre, to stand out : -, ex-, ex- + -minre, to jut out; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]
emi·nent·ly adv.
eminently
Adverb
extremely: eminently sensible
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Adv.1.eminently - in an eminent manner; "two subjects on which he was eminently qualified to make an original contribution"
Translations
Spanish eminently [ˈɛmɪnəntlɪ] adv → eminentemente
French eminently [ˈɛmɪnəntlɪ] adv → éminemment, admirablement
German eminently [ˈɛmɪnəntlɪ] eminent adv → ausgesprochen
Italian eminently [ˈɛmɪnəntlɪ] adv → assolutamente, perfettamente
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He was an affectionate father, after his manner; but he would probably have described himself (if he had been put, like Sissy Jupe, upon a definition) as 'an eminently practical' father.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
As we are sensible that much the greatest part of our readers are very eminently possessed of this quality, we have left them a space of twelve years to exert it in; and shall now bring forth our heroe, at about fourteen years of age, not questioning that many have been long impatient to be introduced to his acquaintance.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
There remains, then, the character between these two extremes,- -that of a man who is not eminently good and just,-yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity, but by some error or frailty.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
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