Read full poem →For he thought that success always followed desire,
Such a very superlative fool was he.
Dictionary Entry
The highest extent or degree of something.
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Common Phrases
degree superlative. superlativeforms superlativeform superlativedegrees superlativequality superlative
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Poetry examples for “superlative”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →pedant was no fool, can have seen anything like the whole of Book I
without recognizing its superlative merits.
Read full poem →That in love's elemental over-glow
God's wholeness gleams with light superlative?
Read full poem →The sea was dead grey walls
Superlative in vacancy,
Upon which nevertheless at fateful time