veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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Only the most blandly vacuous and the veriest tyros of the theatre can regard Cock o' the Roost favorably.
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Facing the veriest day of her young life this week, Luci was clearly determined to savor every precious moment of it, public and private.
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There is something uncanny about the way the veriest trifles in the "well-constructed" novel fit into the relentless pattern of the whole.
From Time Magazine Archive
The veriest Fourth Estate tyro should know that a police officer faced with an unruly mob is too busy to check his press card.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A most artistic-looking little volume, filled with excellent recipes, that are given so clearly and sensibly that the veriest tyro in the culinary art will be able to follow them as easily as possible."
From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)
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