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A superlative adjective is the highest degree of comparison in English

adjectives. There are three ways to form superlatives:

1. Short adjectives require -est in the end. Some examples

include brightest, biggest, and tallest. If the word ends in -y,
change it to i. For instance, happy becomes happiest.
2. Long adjectives use most before the word. Some examples
include most intelligent, most terrible, and most sophisticated.
3. Some adjectives require spelling changes, such
as worst, farthest, and best.
Some 2-syllable adjectives can use rule 1 or 2. For example, quiet can
become quietest or most quiet.

Use superlatives when describing something in a group of three or more.

For example:

 The blue whale is the biggest animal on the planet.

 Amy is the youngest of four siblings.
 I am the happiest man on earth.
Do not use the when we compare one thing with itself. For example:

 She is kindest when she’s in a good mood.

 Regular Comparative Superlative

Loud Louder Loudest

Shiny Shinier Shiniest

Famous More famous Most famous

The comparative and superlative degrees of all adverbs that end in -

ly, regardless of the number of syllables, use more and most.

For example:

Regular Comparative Superlative

Evenly More evenly Most evenly

Rule #2

Use more and most to form the comparative and superlative degrees of all
modifiers with three or more syllables.

Regular Comparative Superlative

Difficult More difficult Most difficult

Comparing Using Less and Least

Less and least are the opposite of more and most and are also used to form
comparative and superlative degrees of most modifiers.

Regular Comparative Superlative

Tall Less tall Least tall

Hopeless Less hopeless Least hopeless

Ambitious Less ambitious Least ambitious

Irregular Form
The irregular forms of comparative and superlative degrees are called
such because they are formed in unpredictable ways. Just like the regular
form of the modifier, irregular forms also have two rules to remember.

Rule #1

The forms of some irregular modifiers differ only in the regular degree, and
their comparative and superlative forms must be memorized.

For example,

Regular Comparative Superlative

Bad Worse Worst

Badly Worse Worst

Far Further Furthest

Good Better Best

Little Less Least

Late Later Last or Latest

Much More Most

Well Better Best

Rule #2

Bad is an adjective, so you should never use it to modify an action verb.

Badly is an adverb, and you do not use it after a linking verb.

For example:

Incorrect Correct

Michael plays baseball badly. Michael

Michael plays baseball bad. Michael feels badly.
feels bad.