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
She could mix a cocktail as well as the veriest flapper of today.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vivid colors, big bulks, graceful stream lines satisfied even the veriest tyro.
From Time Magazine Archive
The veriest dauber knows about dynamic symmetry which is, in a sense, geometry in art.
From Time Magazine Archive
With her head at rest at last on her lover's heart, like the veriest bread-and-butter miss, she could only murmur a bald, bare, "Yes,—I—I think so."
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
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