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supernal [suːˈpɜːnəl sjuː-] adj Literary
1. of or from the world of the divine; celestial 2. of or emanating from above or from the sky [from Medieval Latin supernālis, from Latin supernus that is on high, from super above] supernally adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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The struggle to apprehend the supernal Loveliness -- this struggle, on the part of souls fittingly constituted -- has given to the world all that which it (the world) has ever been enabled at once to understand and to feel as poetic. Come in thy lowest form of love, and I will kneel and kiss thee; but at thy highest, come as mere supernal power; and though thou launchest navies of full-freighted worlds, there's that in here that still remains indifferent. "It was all up with him," continued Aramis; "ah I much fear that with all your wisdom such mercy yet will prove supernal folly. |
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