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单词 peerlessly
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peerlesslyadv.

Brit. /ˈpɪələsli/, U.S. /ˈpɪrlᵻsli/
Forms: see peerless adj. and adv. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peerless adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < peerless adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a peerless manner; so as to be without equal.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > in a way that is unparalleled or unique
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unilichec1300
unlike?c1335
incomparablyc1422
sans-peer1426
incomparable1482
uncomparably1548
peerless1596
matchlessly1598
peerlessly1600
unimitably1622
unparalleledly1639
matchlessc1650
uniquely1805
unapproachably1846
unsurpassably1859
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iv. iii. sig. Mii The Gentlewoman is..not so peerlessely to be doted vpon. View more context for this quotation
1656 J. Trapp Comm. 2 Thess. ii. 3 That breathing devil, so portentously, so peerlessly vicious.
1827 A. Rodger Peter Cornclips 172 Yonder bright star..like thee sheds its lustre, and peerlessly shines.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xviii. 340 She is peerlessly beautiful.
1914 I. S. Cobb Local Color (1916) ix. 373 Anneburg..was to be honoured with the actual presence of the regulars, peerlessly captained by that short and wily premier of all baseball premiers, so young in years yet so old in wisdom, Swifty Megrue.
1995 Scotsman 18 Oct. 14/4 Less clear is what might happen to the nearer mall of the St. James Centre. It remains peerlessly the ugliest building in Scotland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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