veriest
utmost; most complete: the veriest stupidity.
superlative of very.
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How to use veriest in a sentence
The veriest tyro in natural history would see that at the first glance of the massive skeleton.
The moment was critical; the veriest tyro felt the storm-spirit brooding over the hall.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonBut at all events there was nothing which the veriest Cato could denounce as demoralizing.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice DaviesSo obvious a one that only the veriest dolt could be deceived by it.
The Secret Witness | George GibbsI, who prided myself on my knowledge of women, was as awkward in her presence, as helpless and at loss as the veriest schoolboy.
The Wasted Generation | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for veriest
/ (ˈvɛrɪɪst) /
archaic (intensifier): the veriest coward
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