incomparablyadv.
/ɪnˈkɒmpərəbli/ In an incomparable manner or degree; in a way that does not admit of comparison; beyond comparison.
ΘΚΠ
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
onlyOE
unilichec1300
unlike?c1335
incomparablyc1422
sans-peer1426
incomparable1482
uncomparably1548
peerless1596
matchlessly1598
peerlessly1600
unimitably1622
unparalleledly1639
matchlessc1650
uniquely1805
unapproachably1846
unsurpassably1859
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly
allOE
allOE
outlyOE
thwert-outc1175
skerea1225
thoroughc1225
downrightc1275
purec1300
purelyc1300
faira1325
finelyc1330
quitec1330
quitelyc1330
utterlyc1374
outerlya1382
plainlya1382
straighta1387
allutterly1389
starkc1390
oultrelya1393
plata1393
barec1400
outrightc1400
incomparablyc1422
absolutely?a1425
simpliciter?a1425
staringa1425
quitementa1450
properlyc1450
directly1455
merec1475
incomparable1482
preciselyc1503
clean?1515
cleara1522
plain1535
merely1546
stark1553
perfectly1555
right-down1566
simply1574
flat1577
flatly1577
skire1581
plumb1588
dead?1589
rankly1590
stark1593
sheera1600
start1599
handsmooth1600
peremptory1601
sheerly1601
rank1602
utter1619
point-blank1624
proofa1625
peremptorily1626
downrightly1632
right-down1646
solid1651
clever1664
just1668
hollow1671
entirely1673
blank1677
even down1677
cleverly1696
uncomparatively1702
subtly1733
point1762
cussed1779
regularly1789
unqualifiedly1789
irredeemably1790
positively1800
cussedly1802
heart1812
proper1816
slick1818
blankly1822
bang1828
smack1828
pluperfectly1831
unmitigatedly1832
bodaciously1833
unredeemedly1835
out of sight1839
bodacious1845
regular1846
thoroughly1846
ingrainedly1869
muckinga1880
fucking1893
motherless1898
self1907
stone1928
sideways1956
terminally1974
c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 257 Goostly lucres & wynnynges..Exceedynge in value all eerthly thynges Inconparablely.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1263 Hire bemes ouer alle the sternes ere incomparabli bright.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxvii. sig. Niij Shootinge in the longe bowe..incomparably excelleth all other exercise.
1634 T. Heywood Maidenhead Lost iii, in Wks. (1874) IV. 131 Does not the new Gowne the Prince sent my Mistresse, become her most incomparably?
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 223 Because such slight Figurations need not be ascrib'd to the Plastick power of Seeds, it is not necessary, that the..incomparably more elaborate Fabrick and structure of Animals themselves should be so.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 419. ¶7 Shakespear has incomparably excelled all others.
1855 Emerson in Scot. Rev. (1883) 283 Incomparable things said incomparably well.
1870 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Gleanings 2nd Ser. 115 Strafford..was incomparably the abler of the two.
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