superiorly
In upper position
Superiorly means in a superior manner or position.
Someone who acts superiorly behaves as though they're better than others: He smiled superiorly at the newcomers.
In anatomy, superiorly indicates a position toward the top or head: The tumor extended superiorly into the chest cavity.
Toward the head
- dorsallyToward the back
- apicallyAt the tip
- anteriorlyToward the front side
- posteriorlyToward the rear
With excessive pride
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
- snobbishlyIn an elitist manner
- disdainfullyWith arrogant dismissal
- condescendinglyWith arrogant superiority
contemptuously · patronizingly · pretentiously · pompously · loftily · dismissively · imperiously · superciliously
To an unusual degree
- outstandinglyTo a remarkable degree
- superblyIn outstanding manner
- preeminentlyTo the highest degree
- supremelyTo the greatest degree
peerlessly · matchlessly · incomparably · brilliantly · masterfully · magnificently · splendidly · remarkably
cranially
Toward the head
- dorsallyToward the back
- apicallyAt the tip
- anteriorlyToward the front side
posteriorly · medially · laterally · ventrally · distally · basally
arrogantly
With excessive pride
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
- snobbishlyIn an elitist manner
- disdainfullyWith arrogant dismissal
condescendingly · contemptuously · patronizingly · pretentiously · pompously · loftily · dismissively · imperiously · superciliously · aloofly
exceptionally
To an unusual degree
- outstandinglyTo a remarkable degree
- superblyIn outstanding manner
- preeminentlyTo the highest degree
supremely · peerlessly · matchlessly · incomparably · brilliantly · masterfully · magnificently · splendidly · remarkably · impeccably
superiorlyinferiorly
Toward a lower position
poorly · badly · inadequately · deficiently · cheaply
superiorlysubordinately
In an inferior capacity
inferiorly · subserviently · submissively · deferentially · obsequiously
- air superiorityControl of the sky
- superior officerSomeone above in rank
- Lake SuperiorLargest Great Lake
- superiority complexDelusion of being better
- moral superiorityBelief in one's greater virtue
- Mother SuperiorConvent's female head