"pluperfectly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more pluperfectly [comparative], most pluperfectly [superlative]
Etymology: pluperfect + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pluperfect|ly}} pluperfect + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} pluperfectly (comparative more pluperfectly, superlative most pluperfectly)
  1. (rare) In a way that is more than perfect. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-pluperfectly-en-adv-Wq5ijdok Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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          "text": "Three years later Castelar opposed federation, and made an enemy of the most sensible party in Spain, because it is the only one founded on cosas de Espana, the most pluperfectly Spanish cosa being provincial independence, and an inborn hatred of centralization.",
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