| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Most excellent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character. 2. (a.) Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner, etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -est, most, or least; as, highest, most pleasant, least bright. 3. (n.) That which is highest or most eminent; the utmost degree. 4. (n.) The superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, a form or word by which the superlative degree is expressed; as, strongest, wisest, most stormy, least windy, are all superlatives. | Multi-Version Concordance Superlative (2 Occurrences) 2 Corinthians 11:5 Why, I reckon myself in no respect inferior to those superlatively great Apostles. (Root in WEY RSV) 2 Corinthians 12:11 It is foolish of me to write all this, but you have compelled me to do so. Why, you ought to have been my vindicators; for in no respect have I been inferior to these superlatively great Apostles, even though in myself I am nothing. (Root in WEY RSV) |