Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incomparable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incomparable \In*com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. incomparabilis: cf. F.
incomparable. See {In-} not, and {Comparable}.]
Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others;
unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless;
peerless; transcendent.
A merchant of incomparable wealth. --Shak.
A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir
Isaac Newton for a patron. --Bp.
Warburton.
-- {In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com"pa*ra*bly}, adv.
Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. --Bp.
Wilkins.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incomparable
adj : such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for
comparison or lacking features that can be compared;
"an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the
computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and
efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the
earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the
data" [syn: {uncomparable}] [ant: {comparable}]
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