Definition of superlative
- a. - Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent;
surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a
woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine
character.
- 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.
- n. - That which is highest or most eminent; the utmost
degree.
- 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.