superlativeness

"Ha! ha! do you really think so, Sir?" said the mother, evidently gratified with the superlativeness of the compliment.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

It has always seemed to the writer that his most ardent admirers seriously blunder in claiming superlativeness for him in that regard, and more especially in giving him credit for results that were due to the efforts of other men.

The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights

This double-barrelled superlativeness shows that the spirit of the people was by no means cast down by the fruitless struggle of five years.

The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. Various

It might be the very superlativeness of the man's temerity that disarmed her, paralyzing the hot will.

V. V.'s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

Strictly conservative in their manners and customs, they never imitate, but they simply vie with each other in the superlativeness of their own style; thus the dressing of the hair is a most elaborate affair, which occupies a considerable portion of their time.

In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857

Yet each time you have to forgive her her superlativeness, because she really is a good cook with a steady stream of ideas, and you can tell she doesn't delegate the cooking to a squad of interns.

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Yet each time you have to forgive her her superlativeness, because she really is a good cook with a steady stream of ideas, and you can tell she doesn't delegate the cooking to a squad of interns.

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a waxed moustache, six feet of height, and a general air of superlativeness which demanded and secured attention; a famous journalist, whose smiling self-repressive look assured you that he carried with him the secrets of several empires; and one Sir John

Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885