eminently
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Definition of eminently
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Synonyms & Antonyms for eminently
Synonyms
achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, very, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
Antonyms
little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
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Even the eminently entertaining Jon Gruden’s act is growing repetitive. — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, "‘Hard Knocks’ awards: Gruden steals show again, for better or worse," 28 Aug. 2019 Flores hit solos against Tony Watson, who has become eminently whackable. — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, "Giants get six homers — three from Mike Yastrzemski — in crazy 11-inning victory," 17 Aug. 2019 The breakout is super-cool and eminently watchable Lai, who balances Branch’s guarded sexuality and simmering thirst for both expression and connection to her mother perfectly. — Elizabeth Kerr, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Fagara' ('Huajiao zhiwei'): Film Review," 14 Aug. 2019 Though it is now derided as a far-left fantasy, in the 18th and much of the 19th centuries, the idea of someone simply coming into a new country and starting a life there, without any papers whatsoever, was eminently normal. — Aaron Freedman, The New Republic, "Open Borders Made America Great," 9 Aug. 2019 This response was eminently predictable, but the N.R.A. is facing a dual challenge to its grip on Capitol Hill. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "Some Reasons to Be Skeptical About Trump’s Embrace of Gun Control," 9 Aug. 2019 The next two seasons at $30 million and $32 million are ghost years, void and eminently avoidable. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Tom Brady’s extension avoids some awkwardness but guarantees nothing," 5 Aug. 2019 The right to go to Walmart, or to a food festival, or to church, or to a synagogue, or to school, without fear of being shot, is eminently worth fighting for. — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, "The Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton Should Spur Democrats to Propose Big Ideas on Gun Violence," 4 Aug. 2019 Both these outcomes, argue a host of analysts, were eminently predictable. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "Trump and the Iranian regime are both running out of options," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'eminently.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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eminently
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