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supercolossally en · ADV

Etymology

From supercolossal + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a supercolossal manner.
   • In his writings he created a special language, which Carey McIntosh in The Choice of Life has called “supercolossally splendid” and a special voice, which McIntosh whimsically describes as "a bardic-pathetic indoctrinating appartus". 1992, Leopold Damrosch, The Profession of Eighteenth-century Literature: Reflections on an Institution, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 38:
   • Human wants are insatiable, and American wants are supercolossally insatiable. 1954, Midwest Shipper's Advisory Board, Proceedings, page 20:
   • To apologize supercolossally is the gift of few. 1935, Advertising & Selling, Volume 26, Issues 1-7, M.C. Robbins, page 25:

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