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superbly, adv.|s(j)uːˈpɜːblɪ|
[f. superb a. + -ly2.]
In a superb manner.
1. With a magnificent or majestic aspect or demeanour.
1762–3Churchill Ghost iv. 1174 With labour'd visible design Art strove to be superbly fine. 1812J. Wilson Isle of Palms iii. 825 He calmly views The gallant vessel toss Her prow superbly up and down. 1865‘E. C. Clayton’ Cruel Fortune I. 172 The Countess swept superbly from the room. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 184 A mountain seen from different sides by many lands, itself superbly solitary.
2. With sumptuous provision, equipment, adornment, or decoration.
1761Churchill Apology 151 For me let hoary Fielding bite the ground, So nobler Pickle stand superbly bound. 1772Wilkes Corr. (1805) IV. 138, I went to Deptford; and dined most agreeably, as well as superbly, on board an East Indian ship. 1784tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 73 Vathek came close after, superbly robed. 1835Lytton Rienzi i. i, Their steeds caparisoned superbly.
3. Very finely, splendidly.
1828Lytton Pelham I. xi, She supplied the place of the dilapidated baronet with a most superbly mustachioed German. 1863‘E. C. Clayton’ Queens of Song II. 145 She was equally grand as Semiramide and as Arsace, and sang the music of both parts superbly. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. p. lxvii, The most fascinating of all paper Printing Methods. Gives the most superbly finished pictures. |