superior
/sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/ adjective B1- Higher in rank, status, or quality. · Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch.
- Of high standard or quality.
- Greater in size or power.
- Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- Greater or better than average.
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- Printed in superscript. · a superior figure or letter
- Located above or out; higher in position. · the superior jaw; the superior part of an image
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“I had once some thoughts of fixing in town myself, for I am fond of superior society; but I did not feel quite certain that the air of London would agree with Lady Lucas.”
To the civil inquiries which then poured in, and amongst which she had the pleasure of distinguishing the much superior solicitude of Mr.
“Tell your sister I am delighted to hear of her improvement on the harp, and pray let her know that I am quite in raptures with her beautiful little design for a table, and I think it infinitely superior to Miss Grantley’s.”
Lady Catherine herself says that, in point of true beauty, Miss de Bourgh is far superior to the handsomest of her sex; because there is that in her features which marks the young woman of distinguished birth.
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