ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

without parallel, nulli secundus [Lat.], ne plus ultra [Lat.]; beyond compare, beyond
comparison; culminating &c (topmost) 210; transcendent, transcendental; plus royaliste
que le Roi [Fr.], more catholic than the Pope increased &c (added to) 35; enlarged &c
(expanded) 194.
Adv. beyond, more, over; over the mark, above the mark; above par; upwards of, in
advance of; over and above; at the top of the scale, at its height.
[in a superior or supreme degree] eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing,
prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, kat
exochin [Gr.], par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori,
even, yea, still more.
Phr. I shall not look upon his like again [Hamlet]; deos fortioribus addesse [Lat.]
[Tacitus].
34. Inferiority -- N. inferiority, minority, subordinacy; shortcoming, deficiency;
minimum; smallness &c 32; imperfection; lower quality, lower worth.
[personal inferiority] commonalty &c 876.
V. be inferior &c adj.; fall short of, come short of; not pass, not come up to; want.
become smaller, render smaller &c (decrease) 36, (contract) 195; hide its diminished
head, retire into the shade, yield the palm, play second fiddle, be upstaged, take a back
seat.
Adj. inferior, smaller; small &c 32; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower,
subordinate, secondary; secondrate &c (imperfect) 651; sub, subaltern; thrown into the
shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a
candle to.
least, smallest &c (little) (small) &c 193; lowest.
diminished &c (decreased) 36; reduced &c (contracted) 195; unimportant &c 643.
Adv. less; under the mark, below the mark, below par; at the bottom of the scale, at a low
ebb, at a disadvantage; short of, under.
3 CHANGES IN QUANTITY
35. Increase -- N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation &c
(expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession &c 37; development, growth;
aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent &c 305; exaggeration exacerbation; spread &c
(dispersion) 73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.
V. increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate &c (expand) 194; grow, wax, get ahead.
gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend &c 305; sprout &c 194.
aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify,
redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum
addere camino [Lat.], superadd &c (add) 37; spread &c (disperse) 73.
Adj. increased &c v.; on the increase, undiminished; additional &c (added) 37.
Adv. crescendo.
Phr. vires acquirit eundo [Lat.] [Vergil].
36. Nonincrease, Decrease -- N. decrease, diminution; lessening &c v.; subtraction &c
38; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking &c (contraction.) 195; coarctation † ;
abridgment &c (shortening) 201; extenuation.