Definition of Superlativeness

1. Noun. The state or condition of being superlative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Superlativeness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superlativeness

superjumbo
superjumbos
superkey
superkeys
superkick
superkicks
superkingdom
superkingdoms
superlain
superlarge
superlation
superlations
superlative
superlative degree
superlatively
superlativeness (current term)
superlatives
superlattice
superlattices
superlawyer
superlawyers
superlay
superleague
superleagues
superleak
superleaks
superlean
superlens
superlenses
superlethal

Literary usage of Superlativeness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Italian Grammar with Exercises by Mary Vance Young (1904)
"(4) " superlativeness (in comparing more than two things). (5) Absolute superlativeness (in which the quality is affirmed as existing in a superlative ..."

2. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... and superlativeness. At first there was crass rawness, angularity of thought and movement and a dissociation that threatened the integrity of the ego, ..."

3. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... and superlativeness. At first there was crass rawness, angularity of thought and movement and a dissociation that threatened the integrity of the ego, ..."

4. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... love—are only specialized forms of the will to attain and to feel the maximum of vitality. Hence comes the proclivity to superlativeness, to high, ..."

5. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... marked by an abandon and superlativeness that throws scientific caution and moderation to the winds, and which, at the best, are only a few of the most ..."

6. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... and superlativeness. At first there was crass rawness, angularity of thought and movement and a dissociation that threatened the integrity of the ego, ..."

7. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... and superlativeness. At first there was crass rawness, angularity of thought and movement and a dissociation that threatened the integrity of the ego, ..."

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