It had, indeed, in a
superlative degree, the two principal ingredients which serve to recommend all great and noble designs of this nature; for it required an immoderate expense to execute, and a vast length of time to bring it to any sort of perfection.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the
superlative degree of comparison only.
With his father, the
superlative degree returned infallibly.
This genius Marheyo possessed in a
superlative degree, as he abundantly evinced by the use to which he put those sorely bruised and battered old shoes.
The person who screams, or uses the superlative degree, or converses with heat, puts whole drawing-rooms to flight.
The forms of politeness universally express benevolence in superlative degrees. What if they are in the mouths of selfish men, and used as means of selfishness?
He is always in extremes, perpetually in the
superlative degree. In his condemnation he is all ferocity.
Similarly, The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W) Said, 'One having the good moral values and good dealing with their home fellows (close family relatives) has the
superlative degree of faith.
The word 'most' in the term, MFN, is not used as a
superlative degree of adjective.
The suffering of our people is in the
superlative degree in every sector - education, health care, food, housing, employment, security of life and property- and now political killings on a scale which alarms every Nigerian.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the
superlative degree of comparison only." 6 "A Tale Of Two Cities"