adv
Meaning 1
Excellently, done to the best possibly degree, admirably.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
superbly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: S UW1 P ER0 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Haughtily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
(used as an intensifier) extremely well
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her voice is superbly disciplined
- the colors changed wondrously slowly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously, toppingly, marvellously, terrifically, marvelously
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English superb Middle English -ly English -ly English superbly From superb + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: magníficament — excellently
- Finnish: erinomaisesti — excellently
- French: superbement — excellently
- French: magnifiquement — excellently
- French: admirablement — excellently
- German: hervorragend — excellently
- German: großartig — excellently
- Polish: znakomicie — excellently
- Portuguese: excelentemente — excellently
- Romanian: superb — excellently
- Romanian: minunat — excellently
- Volapük: süperiko — excellently