bestest

[ bes-tist ]

/ ˈbɛs tɪst /

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adjective Informal.

very best; better than the best: She's my bestest friend in the whole world.

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Origin of bestest

1750–60; best + -est¹ suffix forming the superlative

Words nearby bestest

best boy, best-case, bestead, best-efforts selling, best end, bestest, best girl, besti, bestial, bestiality, bestialize

How to use bestest in a sentence

Dat's his bestest rubber plant what he tol' me to take partic'lar care of.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's|Laura Lee Hope
They air fully equal to the corn fed gals of Ohio and Injianny and will make the bestest kind of wives.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward|Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
We crept in dar not 'cause we thought it war safe, but 'cause it war the bestest thing we could do.
Wyoming|Edward Sylvester Ellis
He would have his own again, his bright penny and his bestest pocket-handkerchief with lace upon it.
The Girls of St. Olave's|Mabel Mackintosh

We had delicious venison steak, smoking hot, and hoe-cakes and the "bestest" coffee, and honey.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader|Elinore Pruitt Stewart