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Hyperbole and Superlative

Includes questions related to the use of exaggeration for emphasis or to express a superlative degree.

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What are the comparative and superlative of able?

words ending with letter 'e' will have it's comparitive form ending with 'r' and superlative form with 'st' along with 'e'.so here it is able,abler and ablest.

What is the comparative and superlative form of excellent?

The comparative degree of excellent is more excellent, and the superlative degree of excellent is most excellent.

What is the comparative form of completely?

Technically, "completely" does not have any comparative form, because it is absolute and does not admit of degrees. Formally, "more completely" would be a suitable comparative, but for the reason already given does not make sense.

What are comparative and superlative forms?

Comparative relates two item's characteristics such as greater. Superlative compares more than two such as greatest.

What is the comparative form of the word swiftly?

it has no comparitive form; it is an adverb

comparitive of SWIFT is more swift

Can city be a superlative?

No, the word "city" cannot be a grammatical superlative.

When do you use a superlative?

When you are describing something that is the most, best, fastest, smallest, greatest. You use superlatives when what you are describing has a feature that is at a greater expent than anything else in existence or concept.

Additionally you never use a modifying adjective or adverb. Nothing can be "Most famous," or "very best." It either is superlative or it is not.

What is the comparative and superlative form of haughty?

The comparative and superlative form of haughty is haughtier and haughtiest respectively

What is the comparative for the word short?

Shorter. Comparative typically adds -er to the end of a word.

Superlative would be shortest.