Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being superb; magnificence.

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  • noun The state or condition of being superb.

Etymologies

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superb +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • I was already wowed by the fact that he played the voice of a sergeant on Halo 3 alongside his regular superbness but this is like topping it all with a cherry.

    The Official Star Wars Blog » Nathan Fillion Talks Lightsabers 2010

  • The sleen, suddenly in the superbness of its training, drew back.

    Kajira Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1983

  • Indeed, I have gazed at it sometimes with such a feeling as Aladdin had when the magician had left him confined in the Hall of Jewels, and have almost wished for an earthquake to cleave its oppressive superbness and give a refreshing sight of the blue sea beyond.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

  • Terminal (or, if you will, from Broad Street Station) with just a little superbness of mood, just a tinge of worldly disdain, as feeling yourself fresh from the grandeur of Manhattan and showing perhaps (you fondly dream) some pride of metropolitan bearing.

    Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Christopher Morley 1923

  • A great race might be founded on such superbness of physique and health and beauty.

    The Shuttle 1907

  • He, too, had realised that the test must be one of endurance, and in the superbness of his confidence he had determined not to play with preliminary half measures, but to apply at once the supreme test to himself and his antagonists.

    The Silent Places 1904

  • Sunday clothes are displayed in all their superbness.

    The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls John Van Vorst 1900

  • A great race might be founded on such superbness of physique and health and beauty.

    The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • But what astonished the doctor was the superbness of her whole figure.

    A Love Episode ��mile Zola 1871

  • Nevertheless it required the superbness of her beauty and the contrasting charm of her humble posture of kneeling by the fire, to set him on his right track of mind.

    Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868

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