superior

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).

I was Superior, crrrushingly Superior! — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
I have business of a much superior kind. — History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Henry Fielding
"That that Irish boy was superior to you." — Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes, Horatio, Jr. Alger

higher-up, superordinate

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