Both Uses of
paramount
in
David Copperfield
- 'Humph!' said Miss Murdstone, still keeping her eye on the pickles; 'it is of more importance than anything else — it is of paramount importance — that my brother should not be disturbed or made uncomfortable.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- I said he was right there — never under my roof, where the Lares were sacred, and the laws of hospitality paramount.†
Chpt 22-24
Definition:
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(paramount) most important