veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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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.
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
She could mix a cocktail as well as the veriest flapper of today.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is something uncanny about the way the veriest trifles in the "well-constructed" novel fit into the relentless pattern of the whole.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those who are deeply impressed with the importance of moral rules are often betrayed into applying them to the veriest minutiæ of conduct.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
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