above all
adverb
1 above all
Above and beyond all other consideration:
— Above all, you must be independent.
synonyms: most especially, most importantly.
Roget 33: 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, ... show more
Roget 642: materially etc. adj.; in the main; above all, kat' exochin [Gr.], par excellence, to crown all, to beat all.
2 above all
Taking everything together.
synonym: first and last.
Moby thesaurus: a fortiori, all the more, chiefly, dominantly, especially, even, ever so, first of all, in chief, in the main, indeed, mainly, more than ever, mostly, never so, no end, particularly, peculiarly, predominantly, primarily ... show more.
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