brassiest
- superlative of brassy.
Example Sentences
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He goes on to sketch his brassiest teenage move of all — picking up the phone one day in 1999 and calling Walter Alvarez at the University of California at Berkeley.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2018
What’s life like for those who reach for the brassiest of brass rings—the American presidency—and miss?
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2012
The answer, as given by the brassiest brass hats in the area: Three weeks ago it began to look as if the Japanese had decided they did not want to invade Australia.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Big Bill the Builder, brassiest showman out of show business, had taken the stump once more.
From Time Magazine Archive
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One day, a woman came to the Grey One, and in the lightest, brassiest way, asked to be congratulated on her engagement, mentioning the man whose attentions Marguerite had accepted as a heavenly dispensation.
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington