All 5 Uses of
sublime
in
The Da Vinci Code
- He carried the painting with him whenever he traveled and, if asked why, would reply that he found it hard to part with his most sublime expression of female beauty.
Chpt 25-26 (definition 1)sublime = impressively wonderful
- Architectural Digest had called Opus Dei's building "a shining beacon of Catholicism sublimely integrated with the modern landscape," and lately the Vatican seemed to be drawn to anything and everything that included the word "modern."
Chpt 33-34 (definition 1)sublimely = wonderfully
- What Robert is fumbling with is the fact that the blossoming flower resembles the female genitalia, the sublime blossom from which all mankind enters the world.
Chpt 59-60 (definition 1) *sublime = wonderful
- "Atbash is sublimely appropriate," Teabing said.
Chpt 71-72 (definition 2) *sublimely = extremely
- The Knights Templar had been master stonemasons, erecting Templar churches all over Europe, but Rosslyn was considered their most sublime labor of love and veneration.
Chpt 103-104 (definition 1)sublime = impressively wonderful
Definitions:
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(1) (sublime as in: she is sublime) impressively wonderful -- often beautiful or morally admirable
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(2) (sublime as in: sublime ignorance) pure or extreme