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eminently

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em·i·nent  (m-nnt)
adj.
1. Of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy: eminent members of the community.
2. Outstanding, as in character or performance; distinguished: an eminent historian. See Synonyms at noted.
3. Towering or standing out above others; prominent: an eminent peak.

[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 [ˈɛmɪnəntlɪ]
adv
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"

eminently
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eminently [ˈemɪnəntlɪ] ADV [suitable, qualified, respectable] → sumamente
his earliest work is eminently forgettablesus primeras obras no tienen nada de memorables
eminently [ˈɛmɪnəntli] adv [sensible, reasonable, suitable] → parfaitement; [practical] → extrêmement; [readable, watchable] → extrêmement; [affordable, acceptable] → parfaitement; [forgettable] → totalement
eminently
adv (= extremely) sensible, readableausgesprochen; practicaläußerst; desirableüberaus; eminently suitable or suitedvorzüglich geeignet; eminently respectablehoch angesehen; an eminently forgettable speecheine Rede, die man getrost vergessen kann; it seems to me eminently reasonableich finde es durchaus berechtigt; to be eminently qualified for something/to do somethingsich vorzüglich für etw eignen/dazu eignen, etw zu tun; to be eminently capable of somethingeindeutig zu etw fähig sein
eminently [ˈɛmɪnəntlɪ] advassolutamente, perfettamente
eminently [ˈɛmɪnəntlɪ] advassolutamente, 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.
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.
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.
 
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