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superlativeness

Variant of superlative

adjective

  1. superior to or excelling all other or others; of the highest kind, quality, degree, etc.; supreme
  2. excessive or exaggerated
  3. Gram. designating or of the extreme degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs; expressing the greatest degree of the quality or attribute expressed by the positive degree: usually indicated by the suffix -est(hardest) or by the use of most with the positive form (most beautiful)

noun

  1. the highest or utmost degree; acme; height; peak
  2. something superlative
  3. Gram.
    1. the superlative degree
    2. a word or form in this degree

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