sublimely

1. 1.

   in a lofty and exalted manner

   “it is an enormous, fruit-packed wine, smelling sublimely of ripe blackcurrants”
2. 2.

   to the maximum degree

   “he was supremely confident”

   “He seemed irritated at Edouard's questions but, apart from that, sublimely unconcerned”

   “she remained sublimely oblivious to the possible havoc she might have caused”

   Synonymssupremely

Questions about sublimely

What does sublimely mean?

sublimely means "in a lofty and exalted manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sublimely?

sublimely has 4 syllables: su-bli-me-ly. The stress falls on "bli".

What is another word for sublimely?

Close synonyms include supremely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sublimely a common word?

sublimely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.