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Definition of Eminently
1. Adverb. In an eminent manner. "Two subjects on which he was eminently qualified to make an original contribution"
Definition of Eminently
1. adv. In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
Definition of Eminently
1. Adverb. in an eminent or prominent manner ¹
2. Adverb. to a great degree; notably, highly ¹
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Definition of Eminently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eminently
Literary usage of Eminently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"FROM the time of the reformation, England had been eminently distinguished for
the very highest efforts ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"This is stranger in Ohio than in Illinois,, because Ohio is pre-eminently noted
for its magnificent trees. They could, be found everywhere else in this ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"... as he probably would have been, by a prince so eminently distinguished for
his variety of talents and acquisitions as the late King of Sweden, ..."
4. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"They have all been eminently loyal from the commencement of our troubles ; and
though the men have been as much exposed as any other soldiers, ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1884)
"... service at the completion of the monument, and that in him we have a fellow
citizen who by his virtues and genius is eminently worthy of the occasion. ..."
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