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accounts, nicely, perfectly, fully, amply, richly, wholesale,
abundantly, consummately, widely, as . . . as . . . can be,

every inch, d fond, de fond, en comble, far and wide, over head
and ears, to the backbone, throughand through, ne plus ultra.

In a greater degree : even, yea, a fortiori, still more.

In a high degree: highly, deeply, strongly, mighty, mightily,
powerfully (157), with a witness, with a vengeance, pro -

foundly, superlatively , ultra, in the extreme, extremely,
exceedingly, excessively, consumedly, sorely, intensely,
exquisitely, acutely, soundly, vastly, hugely, immensely,

enormously, stupendously, passing, surpassing, supremely,
beyond measure, immoderately, monstrously, inordinately,
over head and ears, extraordinarily, exorbitantly, indefinitely,

immeasurably, unspeakably, inexpressibly, ineffably, un -
utterably, incalculably, infinitely, unsurpassably.

In a marked degree : particularly, remarkably, singularly,
uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, par excellence,

signally, famously, egregiouslv, prominently, glaringly, em -
phatically, KQ. T £ £ s t r a n g e l y, wonderfully, amazingly,
surprisingly, astonishingly, prodigiously, monstrously, in -
credibly, inconceivably, marvellously, awfully,stupendously.

In a violent degree : violently, severely, furiously, des -
perately, tremendously, outrageously, extravagantly, con -
foundedly, deucedly, devilishly,
geance, d outrance. See 173. diabolically, with a ven *

In a painful degree : sadly, grievously, woefully, wretchedly,
piteously, sorely, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dread -
fully, fearfully, terribly, horribly.

Quantity by Comparison with a Similar Object

33. SUPERIORITY ( Substan - 34. INFERIORITY ( Substan -
tives), majority, supremacy, prim - tives), minority, subordination,
acy, advantage, excess (641), shortcoming (304); deficiency,

prevalence, pre-eminence, cham - minimum.
pionship. ( Verbs). To be less, inferior,

Maximum, acme, climax, etc., to fall or come short of, not

zenith, summit, utmost height, to pass (304).
record, culminating point (210), To become smaller, to render
the height of, lion’s share, Ben- smaller (195); to subordinate.
jamin’s mess, overweight. ( Phrases). To be thrown into

( Phrases ). The ne plus ultra ; the shade; to hide its diminished
surnmum genus ; sumrnum bonum. head.

( Verbs). To be superior, etc.; ( Adjectives). Inferior, deficient,
exceed, surpass, excel, eclipse, smaller, minor, less, lesser, lower,
top, over- top, o’ertop, cap, beat, sub, subordinate, subaltern,

cut out, outclass, over-ride, out* second-rate, second-best, ama-
herod, kick the beam, outbalance, teurish.