adverb
ēgregiē
ēgregiē (comparative ēgregius, superlative ēgregissimē)
Classical[eːˈɡrɛ.ɡi.eː]Ecclesiastical[eˈɡrɛː.d͡ʒi.e]
Meaning
- excellently, eminently
- surpassingly, exceedingly, exceptionally, singularly
PAMPHILUS: Egon, propter mē, illam dēcipī miseram sinam — / quae mihi suum animum atque omnem vītam crēdidit, / quam ego animō ēgregiē cāram prō uxōre habuerim?
PAMPHILUS: Would I, on account of my [circumstances], allow that poor woman to be misled — she who has entrusted her soul and her whole life to me, whom I have held so exceptionally dear to my heart as a wife?166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 271–273 - uncommonly well
ēgrĕgĭe, adv., v. egregius
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ēgregiē adv. with comp.
egregius, excellently, eminently, surpassingly, splendidly, exceedingly, singularly : studere, T.: fecerat hoc: vincere, brilliantly , L.: Dixeris, H.: cordatus, Enn. ap. C.: factus: munitum oppidum, Cs.: victoria parta, L. —Comp: egregius cenat, Iu.
Origins
From ēgregius (“extraordinary, surpassing”).