grimy
adjective
covered with grime; dirty.
grimiest
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superlativeof grimy.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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By novel’s end, anyplace — even the grimiest, meanest streets of hard-boiled crime fiction — seem preferable to the sinister and silent watchfulness of the lush Irish countryside.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2020
Deep-cleaning crews have visited many of the grimiest concrete subterranean stations — in some cases, for the first time in years.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2017
And it’s hands down, to quote Beyoncé, the grimiest song I’ve heard all year.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2014
Young Jon, however, insisted on driving around in a beat-up van and eating in the grimiest diners possible.
From Time ● May 12, 2011
Every inch of grass was covered with tents—row after crooked row of the grimiest, droopiest tents Nate had ever seen.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
