veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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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
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
After a blotchy red rash appears, the veriest tyro knows it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The veriest dauber knows about dynamic symmetry which is, in a sense, geometry in art.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Instead, the veriest drudge you ever knew," he said.
From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by Martin, George Madden
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