eminently

English

WOTD – 12 May 2006

Etymology

eminent + -ly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛmɪnəntli/
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Adverb

eminently (comparative more eminently, superlative most eminently)

  1. In an eminent or prominent manner.
  2. To a great degree; notably; highly.
    Everyone supported the nominee because she was eminently qualified.
    • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.

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