Eminently

He had a particular pride in the phrase eminently practical, which was considered to have a special application to him. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Omaq-kat-tsa, carrying with it the meaning of Big Brave, is a name eminently fitting to Mountain Chief. ❋ Joseph Kossuth Dixon (1891)

The book is in eminently "bad style," and, with the assistance of the portrait upon the frontispiece, will to a great extent destroy those charming ideas which romance suggested of "la belle rebelle ...." ❋ Unknown (1865)

The Italian man, it is true, has been often described as eminently reticent; and the northern popular conception represents him as apt to seek the attainment of his object by the concealment of it. ❋ Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1851)

We have become, over some twenty years and more, so used to the Tories losing seats at by-elections and failing spectacularly to win eminently winnable seats at others, that the vibes emanating from Ealing Southall suggesting that The Tories 'charismatic candidate Tony Lit, a wealthy Sikh entrepreneur prominent in the area, might do well enough to come a very close second and even, whisper it not in Gath, to win the seat are beginning to waken the media up to a possible earthquake. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Emir was in the very flower of his age, and might perhaps have been termed eminently beautiful, but for the narrowness of his forehead and something of too much thinness and sharpness of feature, or at least what might have seemed such in a European estimate of beauty. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Come to think of it, Blanche had hardly been what you might call eminently presentable, either. ❋ Gash, Jonathan (1991)

For the first time in Russian history -- for on previous occasions the efforts of reforming Czars had always encountered a good deal of passive resistance -- the Government and the people were anxious to aid each other, and the main results may be described as eminently satisfactory. ❋ Various (N/A)

His lectures, described as eminently rich, suggestive, and practical, we hope will be given to the press. ❋ Various (N/A)

The Emir was in the very flower of his age, and might perhaps have been termed eminently beautiful, but for the narrowness of his forehead, and something of too much thinness and sharpness of feature, or at least what might have seemed such in a European estimate of beauty. ❋ Unknown (1894)

Another peculiarity that may be briefly alluded to as eminently characteristic of the Sagas is their fatefulness. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

Charles Daffy occupied the kind of house which is known as eminently respectable; it suggested an income of at least ❋ George Gissing (1880)

The rains seem nearly over, and are succeeded by very cold easterly winds; these cause fever by checking the perspiration, and are well known as eminently febrile. ❋ Ed (1874)

He is not eminently, that is to say, not saliently, selfish; not rancorous, not obtrusive -- tata-ta-ta. ❋ George Meredith (1868)