adv. [f. TRANSCENDENT a. + -LY2.] In a transcendent manner or degree; so as to transcend; surpassingly, supremely, pre-eminently.

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1623.  Gouge, Serm. Extent God’s Provid., § 1. He saith not simply, you are as good; but transcendently, more worth.

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1638.  Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (ed. 2), 85. His genius [is] so transcendently efflated with pride and ambition, that he beholds his equals with disdaine and anger.

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1712.  Addison, Spect., No. 543, ¶ 1. It was the work of a Being transcendently wise and powerful.

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1871.  Morley, Crit. Misc., Carlyle (1904), I. 164. The transcendently firm and clear-eyed intelligence of Goethe.

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1907.  Verney Mem., I. 71. Reserved for some transcendently important occasion.

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