eminently

WOTD – 12 May 2006    

English

Etymology

eminent +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛmɪnəntli/

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Adverb

eminently (comparative more eminently, superlative most eminently)

1. in an eminent or prominent manner
2. to a great degree; notably, highly

   Everyone supported the nominee because she was eminently qualified.

   • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”:

     So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.

Translations

in an eminent manner

• French: éminemment (fr)
• German: besonders (de)

• Portuguese: eminentemente (pt)
• Spanish: sumamente (es)

to a great degree

• French: parfaitement (fr), éminemment (fr)
• German: besonders (de)
• Greek: εξόχως (el) (exóchos) 

• Portuguese: notavelmente
• Spanish: sumamente (es)