Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an incomparable manner; beyond comparison.
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- adverb In an
incomparable manner.
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- adverb in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree
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Examples
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Park, in his second journey, was informed, that "one month's travel south of Baedo, through the kingdom of Grotto, will bring the traveller to the country of the Christians, who have their houses on the banks of the _Ba Seafeena_ [268], which they describe as incomparably larger than the lake Dehebby (Dibbie)."
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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A great bull head; undershot jaw, square and lengthy and terrible; vicious, yellow-gleaming eyes; cropped ears; and an expression incomparably savage.
Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900
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But he was still known as incomparably the strongest man in Peoria, and continued to perform the work of two men at the moulding-shop on casting days.
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales John Charles Dent 1864
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In this the laws of association have been more comprehensively stated and more largely exemplified than by any previous writer; and the work, having been completed by the publication of “The Emotions and the Will,” may now be referred to as incomparably the most complete analytical exposition of the mental phenomena, on the basis of a legitimate Induction, which has yet been produced.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839
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Stevenson thought Daudet "incomparably" the best of the present French novelists and asserted that "Kings in Exile" comes "very near to being
The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2) Alphonse Daudet 1868
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The (Argentine) military situation is incomparably weaker.
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The (Argentine) military situation is incomparably weaker.
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Moving house is rarely easy, and the strain of uprooting is incomparably greater for people who can barely move themselves.
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At one point Kassir veers off what one might expect from a dispassionate history by describing the city as having a 'unique and incomparably seductive quality'.
James Denselow: From Beirut With Love James Denselow 2011
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At one point Kassir veers off what one might expect from a dispassionate history by describing the city as having a 'unique and incomparably seductive quality'.
James Denselow: From Beirut With Love James Denselow 2011
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