Word Meanings - PREEMINENTLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In a preëminent degree.

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• DEGREE
  A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third
• PREEMINENT
  Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preëminent in guilt. In goodness and in power preëminent.
• IMMINENT
  1. Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril. "In danger imminent." Spenser. 2. Full of danger; threatening; menacing; perilous. Hairbreadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach. Shak.
• SUPEREMINENT
  Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv.
• IMMINENTLY
  In an imminent manner.
• PROMINENTLY
  In a prominent manner.
• PREEMINENTLY
  In a preëminent degree.
• EMINENTLY
  In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
• PROMINENT
  jut out, to project; pro before, forward + minere to jut, 1. Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase. 2. Hence; Distinctly manifest; likely
• EMINENT
  out, be prominent; e out + minere to project; of uncertain 1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn 2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public