Meaning & use
Palmary
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Outstanding, praiseworthy, or of chief importance; excelling above others.
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Critics hailed the novel as her palmary achievement, surpassing all her earlier work.
The surgeon's palmary skill saved the patient's life.
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"Palmary" derives from Latin palma, the palm branch traditionally awarded to victors, the same root that gives us the phrase "to bear the palm."
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