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SUPERLATIVE DEGREE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The superlative form of an adjective or adverb

Example:

'most surely' is the superlative of the adverb 'surely'

Synonyms:

superlative; superlative degree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("superlative degree" is a kind of...):

adjective (a word that expresses an attribute of something)

adverb (a word that modifies something other than a noun)

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