Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without a peer or equal; rarely, as one who is peerless.
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- adverb In a
peerless manner.
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Examples
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This weekend, it's the music of the man himself, rather than the huge range of 20th-century works he conducts so peerlessly, that is centre of attention, with a symposium discussing his achievement and concerts curated by pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard that take in Boulez's key works.
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Unlike Johnny Carson's peerlessly classy exit, Oprah's TV mission continues.
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Obama ran a peerlessly competent campaign, and it doesn't tell us what kind of president he was.
Is Cain Able? 2011
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Good news: Infallible taste in both singers and repertoire; encyclopedic breadth of knowledge; savvy negotiator; peerlessly eloquent advocate for the arts.
Archive 2009-01-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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It's a peerlessly extraordinary and thoroughly British creation.
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Good news: Infallible taste in both singers and repertoire; encyclopedic breadth of knowledge; savvy negotiator; peerlessly eloquent advocate for the arts.
The last patient I gave one of those to won the Kentucky Derby Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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The most telling emblem of that shift is Gong Li, the peerlessly beautiful star of such classics as "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Farewell My Concubine."
Bullets, Love and Beijing's Heavy Hand Joe Morgenstern 2011
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This lovely novel is clever, timelessly perceptive and beautifully written in a peerlessly sustained tone of humorous irony.
Neglected Classics and Unbound Women « Tales from the Reading Room 2009
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As the peerlessly powerful and widely feared director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation over the course of almost five decades, J.
'J. Edgar': Hoover's Life, in a Dramatic Vacuum Joe Morgenstern 2011
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In this peerlessly liberal city, they knew damn well who they didn't want — they just weren't remotely convinced about the alternative.
The Election of Gordon W. Bush Rod Liddle 2010
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