Definition of Above all

1. Adverb. Above and beyond all other consideration. "Above all, you must be independent"


2. Adverb. Taking everything together. "She was first and last a scientist"
Exact synonyms: First And Last

Definition of Above all

1. Adverb. Of prime importance; before anything else; especially. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Above All

about to
about turn
aboute
aboutness
aboutnesses
abouts
above-board
above-cited
above-line
above-mentioned
above-named
above-stairs
above-the-fold
above-water
above all (current term)
above and beyond
above average
above board
above ground
above measure
above one's bend
above one's paygrade
above oneself
above proof
above stairs
above the curve
above the fold
above the law
above the line

Literary usage of Above all

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

1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER XXI That we must rest in God above all goods add gifts ABOVE all things and in all things thou shalt rest alway in the Lord, O my soul, ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"CHAPTER XXI That we must rest in God above all goods and gifts ABOVE all things and in all things thou shalt rest alway in the Lord, O my soul, ..."

3. The Imitation of Christ: Four Books by Thomas (1877)
"That we must rest in God above all goods and gifts. ABOVE all things and in all things thou shalt rest alway in the Lord O my soul, for He Himself is the ..."

4. The pilgrim's progress by John Bunyan, James Solas Dodd (1795)
"The intrusion of such thoughts should excite us to greater earnestness in prayer, pious meditations, or adoring praises; for this, above all other things, ..."

5. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"above all, as I have implied, the man who goes alone can start today ; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a ..."

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