Pre-eminently Synonyms

To a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. preeminently

Words Related to Pre-eminently

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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Pre-eminently Sentence Examples

  • First there were the natural sciences, themselves only just emerging from a confused conception of their true method; especially those which studied the borderland of physical and mental phenomena, the medical sciences; and pre-eminently that science which has since become so popular, the science of biology.

  • The pope was above all a religious man, of a gentle and contemplative character; the cardinal was pre-eminently a man of affairs.

  • To the later generations David was pre-eminently the Psalmist and the founder of the Temple service.

  • The treaty of Campo Formio, signed on the 17th of October 1797, was therefore pre-eminently the work of Bonaparte.

  • It is true that Cuchulinn seems to stand in a special relation to the Tuatha De Danann leader, the god Lug, but in primitive societies there is always a tendency to ascribe a divine parentage to men who stand out pre-eminently in prowess beyond their fellows.

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