Superiorly

su·pe·ri·or  (s-pîr-r)

adj.

1. Higher than another in rank, station, or authority: a superior officer.

2. Of a higher nature or kind.

3. Of great value or excellence; extraordinary.

4. Greater in number or amount than another: an army defeated by superior numbers of enemy troops.

5. Affecting an attitude of disdain or conceit; haughty and supercilious.

6. Above being affected or influenced; indifferent or immune: "Trust magnates were superior to law" Gustavus Myers.

7. Located higher than another; upper.

8. Botany Inserted or situated above the perianth. Used of an ovary.

9. Printing Set above the main line of type.

10. Logic Of wider or more comprehensive application; generic. Used of a term or proposition.

n.

1. One that surpasses another in rank or quality.

2. Ecclesiastical The head of a religious community, such as a monastery, abbey, or convent.

3. Printing A superior character, as the number 2 in x².

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, comparative of superus, upper, from super, over; see uper in Indo-European roots.]

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su·peri·ori·ty (-ôr-t, -r-) n.

su·peri·or·ly adv.