dirty
adjective
dirtiest
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superlativeof dirty.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Listening to “The Boutique,” I feel like I should be smoking a cigarette and drinking the dirtiest martini known to man in a speakeasy, wearing a drop waist silk dress and bright red lipstick.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
For the 10th consecutive year, the area around the Santa Monica Pier was named one of California’s dirtiest beaches by researchers with the environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Rising natural-gas prices boost the dirtiest fossil fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
“The militias were often the dirtiest part of an ugly war,“ said Graeme Smith, author of a book on the war in southern Afghanistan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
The dirtiest of all tricks for passive carriage is perpetrated by microbes that pass from a woman to her fetus and thereby infect babies already at birth.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
