preeminently

See also: preëminently and pre-eminently

English

Alternative forms

• pre-eminently
• preëminently (obsolete)

Etymology

From preeminent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈɛmɪnəntli/

Adverb

preeminently (comparative more preeminently, superlative most preeminently)

1. In a preeminent manner.

   Synonyms: particularly, distinguishedly

   • 1850, Thomas De Quincey, “Shakspeare”, in Biographical Essays, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 4:

     [T]he traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region, such as Warwickshire at that time was, is usually exact as well as tenacious; and, with respect to [William] Shakespeare in particular, we may presume it to have been full and circumstantial through the generation succeeding to his own, not only from the curiosity, and perhaps something of a scandalous interest, which would pursue the motions of one living so large a part of his life at a distance from his wife, but also from the final reverence and honor which would settle upon the memory of a poet so preëminently successful; […]