one and only

one and only
adjective
eminent beyond or above comparison
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matchless beauty

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the team's nonpareil center fielder

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she's one girl in a million

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the one and only Muhammad Ali

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a peerless scholar

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infamy unmatched in the Western world

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wrote with unmatchable clarity

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unrivaled mastery of her art

Syn:
Similar to: ↑incomparable, ↑uncomparable

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unique; single (used for emphasis or as a designation of a celebrity)

the title of his one and only book | the one and only Muhammad Ali

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ˌone and ˈonly idiom
used to emphasize that sb is famous

Here he is, the one and only Van Morrison!

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