PRE-EMINENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pre-eminently mean? 

• PRE-EMINENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb PRE-EMINENTLY has 1 sense:

1. to a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner

  Familiarity information: PRE-EMINENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRE-EMINENTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner

Synonyms:

pre-eminently; preeminently

Context example:

a wide variety of pre-eminently contemporary scenes

 Context examples 

“Pretty!” I sniffed. “I failed to mark anything pre-eminently pretty about those foamy-mouthed beasts that raced me.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

If they left him alone, he left them alone—a state of affairs that they found, after a few encounters, to be pre-eminently desirable.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He was pre-eminently unbeautiful.

(White Fang, by Jack London)