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eminently, adv.|ˈɛmɪnəntlɪ|
[f. eminent a. + -ly2.]
In an eminent manner.
†1. On high; in a lofty or elevated position.
1620Venner Via Recta Introd. 5 Those houses..are somewhat eminently situated. 1675Ogilby Brit. 10 A Bush..eminently situate.
†2. Conspicuously, so as to attract the eye. Obs.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xii. (1660) 157 Their commander being so eminently clad. 1667E. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. iii. viii. (1743) 191 In the middle of the Church is he or she eminently placed in the sight of all the people. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. iii. 89 The great Rocks in the Sea are..eminently visible to this day. 1774Johnson in Boswell (1831) III. 147 The moon shone eminently bright.
3. In an eminent or especial degree; signally, notably.
1641Bp. J. Hall Serm. in Rem. Wks. (1660) ii. 59 That all Nations should agree upon an universall cessation of armes..it must needs be the Lords doing so much more eminently. 1746M. Tomlinson Prot. Birthr. 3 Nothing..more Eminently distinguishes Man from the Brute Creation. 1817W. Boswell in Parl. Deb. 805 Gentlemen who had eminently served their country. 1833H. Martineau Three Ages iii. 105 Nowhere does virtue more eminently fail of its earthly recompense than in the church. 1851Carlyle Sterling ii. iv. (1872) 118 A painter's eye..he..eminently had.
4. Philos. and Theol. See quot. 1751.
In scholastic theology God is said to possess the excellences of human character not formally (i.e. according to their definition, which implies creature limitation) but eminently (L. eminenter), i.e. in a higher sense. In wider use, the word is nearly equivalent to virtually.
1640Fuller Joseph's Coat (1867) 58 But, virtually and eminently..all his bones were broken, that is, contrited and grinded with grief and sorrow. a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 211 The apostle..may be said eminently, though not formally, to have declared him [the Holy Ghost] to be God. 1691–8Norris Pract. Disc. (1711) III. 15 Fire is Eminently and Potentially, though not Formally hot. 1751Chambers Cycl., Eminently..in the schools, is used in contradistinction to formally..to denote that a thing possesses, or contains any other in a more perfect or higher manner than is required to a formal possesion thereof. 1845J. H. Newman Ess. Developm. 323 A..university of sciences, containing all sciences either ‘formally’ or ‘eminently’.
†b. Math. One equation is said to contain another eminently, when the latter is a particular case of the former. Obs.
1798[see eminential].
¶ †5. Of peril, danger: Imminently, urgently.
1646H. Lawrence Comm. Angells Ep. Ded. 1 b, This warre..to which my leisure more eminently exposed me. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals ii. 1. 114 Their ruine..I see most eminently..at hand. |