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merest

  • superlative
    of mere.
    mere
    adjective
    being nothing more nor better than.

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Hilton has been campaigning hard, as though he has more than the merest speck of a chance of pulling an epic upset and somehow prevailing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Before Lamarck, naturalists saw organisms as passive, depending on supernatural intervention for their merest actions as well as their very existence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

Before Saturday, the atmospheric spigots of April had given us the merest trickle of moisture.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023

For the merest fraction of a second I didn’t know what to do next.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel