| 1. | of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom. |
| 2. | Grammar. of, pertaining to, or noting the highest degree of the comparison of adjectives and adverbs, as smallest, best, and most carefully, the superlative forms of small, good, and carefully. Compare comparative (def. 4), positive (def. 20). |
| 3. | being more than is proper or normal; exaggerated in language or style. |
| 4. | a superlative person or thing. |
| 5. | the utmost degree; acme. |
| 6. | Grammar.
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The form of an adjective indicating the greatest degree of the quality that the adjective describes. Best is the superlative form of good; fastest is the superlative form of fast; most charming is the superlative form of charming. The usual superlative takes the ending -est. (Compare comparative.)