Supermanesque

English

Adjective

Supermanesque (comparative more Supermanesque, superlative most Supermanesque)

Alternative form of Superman-esque.
- 1982 October 29, Susan Green, “Characters Lack Depth, but ‘Monsignor’ Holds Attention”, in The Burlington Free Press, 156th year, number 311, page 3D:
  Reeve, at times seeming to revert to Supermanesque mannerisms, is credible as the wayward priest, yet not allowed, through the screenplay (by Abraham Polonsky and Wendell Mayes, from a Jack Alain Leger novel), to reveal motivations.
- 1986 August 8, David Neiwert, “‘Howard the Duck’: a joke that’s not all that funny”, in Missoulian, Missoula, Mont., page A-2:
  “Howard” the comic was a book for comic readers, especially those who’d gotten tired of the Supermanesque exploits of costumed, pontificating superheros.
- 1990 September 23, Kathy Berdan, “The white-knuckle thrill of first-time falling”, in Sunday Register, Des Moines, Iowa, page 2F:
  The rest of the descent was simply “Supermanesque” even though this was feet first and far slower than a speeding bullet.
- 1992 March 30, Mickey Smith, “The Sweet (and Sometimes Scary) Science of Bungee Jumping”, in The Transcript, volume 20, number 5, Morrisville, Vt., page 1:
  Even I, your mild-mannered reporter, took to the skies, though a Supermanesque flight it was not.
- 1994, Denise Sullivan, Talk About the Passion: R.E.M., an Oral History, Lancaster, Pa.: Underwood–Miller, Charles F. Miller, →ISBN, page 156:
  bruce mcguire: […] It might have only been a jacket over his shoulders but it looked real Supermanesque.