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Superman-esque
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English
Alternative forms
en Supermanesque
Etymology
From en Superman esque.
Adjective
Superman-esque
Resembling or characteristic of Superman.
en Joy Catania Broadway Star Calls Verona Home Verona-Cedar Grove Times 47 30 29 July 1993 1 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/539634702/ Wagner stands at a height (more like an altitude) of 6’4" with a Superman-esque stature.
en Penn State Football 1999 Media Guide 1999 86 https://archive.org/details/penn-state-football-1999-media-guide/page/n87/mode/1up What Arrington did was use a Superman-esque flying leap to soar over and between the left guard and center and stop Illini running back Elmer Hickman for no gain on fourth-and-inches at the Penn State 31-yard line.
en David Hale Sylvester Traveling at the Speed of Life 2012 296 https://archive.org/details/isbn_2900983710010/page/296/mode/1up 0983710015 Heroism, as I always understood it, was always one masculine, life-saving, Superman-esque act, but my definition had been broadened.
en w:Julie Ann Walker Hell or High Water 2015 298 https://archive.org/details/hellorhighwater0000walk/page/298/mode/1up 978-1-4926-0890-5 She had the weirdest urge to reach up and brush back the whorl of Superman-esque hair that had fallen over his brow.
en Nina Mansfield Swimming Alone Fire and Ice 2015 9 https://archive.org/details/swimmingalone0000mans/page/9/mode/1up 978-1-68046-144-2 It took Superman-esque skill not to let my bare feet touch down on the public restroom tile as I produced flip-flops from my miracle purse and hid away those conservative flats.
Synonyms
en Supermannish
en eponyms
en Superman