Su·perb a.
1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.
2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.
3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.
Superb paradise bird Zool., a bird of paradise (Paradisaea superba syn. Lophorina superba) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast . The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green.
Superb warber. Zool. See Blue wren, under Wren.
-- Su*perb*ly, adv. -- Su*perb*ness, n.
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superbly
adv : (used as an intensifier) extremely well; "her voice is
superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously
slowly" [syn: wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously,
toppingly, marvellously, terrifically, marvelously]