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pre-eminently |
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pre-eminently adverb particularly, signally, above all, notably, by far, exceptionally, emphatically, strikingly, supremely, eminently, conspicuously, superlatively, singularly, far and away, par excellence (French), incomparably, inimitably, matchlessly Britain was depicted as `pre-eminently a nation of traders and travellers'. Translations pre-eminently [priːˈemɪnəntlɪ] ADV his family were pre-eminently farmers → su familia era fundamentalmente campesina home ownership is a pre-eminently middle-class concern → la adquisición de la vivienda es una inquietud muy propia de la clase media it is also, and perhaps pre-eminently, a place of recreation → es además, y tal vez principalmente, un lugar de esparcimiento pre-eminently pre-eminently [ˌpriːˈɛmɪnəntlɪ] adv → soprattutto, preminentemente pre-eminently [ˌpriːˈɛmɪnəntlɪ] adv → soprattutto, preminentemente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Yes, a man in the nineteenth century must and morally ought to be pre-eminently a characterless creature; a man of character, an active man is pre-eminently a limited creature. (Sperm Whale Fishery) to his visiting card, such a procedure would be deemed pre-eminently presuming and ridiculous. I failed to mark anything pre-eminently pretty about those foamy-mouthed beasts that raced me. |
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