superhumanly
1
8.0
- adverb
- /ˌsuːpərˈhjuːmənli/
:
sobrehumanamente
- We abandoned the bags of loot to be found by the shelter Santas, who would conclude that the thieves had been overcome, not by superhumanly strong vampires, but by Christmas spirit.
Examples
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She completed the marathon in superhumanly fast time, leaving the other runners far behind.
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I can't superhumanly speed up the process, though, so it's going to take time: a lifestyle change, in fact, much like my weight loss plan.
Blog text (29) -
They were superhumanly industrious.
Blog text (4) -
This former beauty queen from St. Paul, Minnesota, became a sex symbol playing Jennifer Marlowe, the superhumanly competent receptionist on WKRP in Cincinnati.
Blog text (5) -
A human-like AI will have consciousness somewhat similar to that of a human being, whereas a radically superhumanly intelligent AI will surely have a very different sort of conscious experience.
Blog text (11) -
Where late Victorian gothic tales reflect this colonial assumption, early twentieth-century genre authors refigure hybridity as superhumanly powerful.
Academic text (2014) -
The computer has enabled the practitioner of literary statistics to become superhumanly patient in collecting and cumulating, and has provided the means to manipulate the results by methods explicit enough to allow all the steps to be repeated by another researcher.
Academic text (1992) -
His performance on the basketball court was superhumanly impressive, showcasing skills that seemed impossible.
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They worked superhumanly hard to finish the project ahead of schedule, putting in countless hours to meet the deadline.
Synonyms
184
3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
172
2.8
In a way that is very surprising and hard to believe
137
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
107
3.7
In a way that is very surprising or seems impossible
80
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
62
5.9
In a very surprising way that seems impossible
28
4.3
To do something in a very impressive or dramatic way
21
3.5
To a very great degree
17
5.2
To a very great degree
8
6.8
To a degree that is very hard to believe
7
6.7
To a very surprising degree that is hard to believe
2
6.1
In a very impressive way that surprises people
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
1
8.5
In a way that is much better than usual
1
8.4
To a very high degree
In a way that is much stronger or faster than a person
In an extremely impressive way that seems perfect
Antonyms
How Extraordinary
1
8.0
137
3.9
80
4.1
184
3.5
106
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
superhumanly = superhuman (transparent) = super + human + ly
The adverb is a regular -ly derivation from the adjective 'superhuman', and the adjective clearly means 'beyond human' from 'super' + 'human'.
Etymology
The word superhumanly comes from the parts super- meaning 'above' or 'beyond' and human meaning 'person', with -ly meaning 'in a way'. So, to do something superhumanly is to do it 'beyond' what a normal person can do, for example with very great speed or strength.