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Above all

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Adverb
  1. 1
    above and beyond all other consideration wordnet
  2. 2
    taking everything together wordnet
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  1. 1
    Of prime importance; before anything else; especially.

    "Lastly, I must mention the "Underground," to travel on which was, in those days, an experience to be remembered. There were the antique looking engines, and the rather grim carriages, with the fascinating indicators in the compartments to show (not always correctly!) the next station, and above all, there was the atmosphere."

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?]. Compare Dutch bovenal (“above all”).

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