veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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She could mix a cocktail as well as the veriest flapper of today.
From Time Magazine Archive
The veriest dauber knows about dynamic symmetry which is, in a sense, geometry in art.
From Time Magazine Archive
The result is that after meeting Bach, even the veriest cynic is likely to find himself shamelessly rooting for Jonathan Livingston Seagull and curiously willing to forgive the book its literary trespasses.
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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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Such loss as did accrue was shared in and averaged among the whole community, making it the veriest trifle upon any individual.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)
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