Adjective

(en adjective)

Higher in quality.

Higher in rank.

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More comprehensive, as a term in classification.

A genus is superior to a species.

Located above.

the superior''' jaw; the '''superior part of an image

# (botany) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.

# (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.

# (botany) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; said of the radicle.

# (typography) Printed in superscript.

a superior figure or letter

Greater or better than average; extraordinary.

Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to .

* Spectator

There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings.

Adjective

(er)

(label) Unconstrained.

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# Not imprisoned or enslaved.

# Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; frank; communicative.

#* Milward

He was free only with a few.

# Generous; liberal.

# (label) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

My hands are guilty, but my heart is free .

# Without obligations.

# Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed.

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free / For me as for you?

# Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said of a government, institutions, etc.

# (label) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.

# (label) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.

Obtainable without any payment.

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# Obtainable without additional payment, as a bonus given when paying for something else.

(label) Unconstrained.

# (label) Unconstrained by relators.

# Unconstrained by quantifiers.

# (label) Of identifiers, not bound.

# That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.

(label) Unconstrained.

# Unobstructed, without blockages.

# Unattached or uncombined.

# Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.

# Not attached; loose.

#*

Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute

Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.

* (w) (1635?-1715)

princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties

*

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(label) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.

(label) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of .

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, / Free of his farm.

Certain or honourable; the opposite of base .

(Burrill)

(label) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common .

(Burrill)