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
If the Fall is a tragedy, Collier feels, as petulantly as the veriest college sophomore, then God is to blame.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 veriest Fourth Estate tyro should know that a police officer faced with an unruly mob is too busy to check his press card.
From Time Magazine Archive
I thought it was only in books—" "The veriest trash is inspired by the actual occurrences of life—which is pretty much the same in books as out.
From Mrs. Balfame A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
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