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veriest

American  
[ver-ee-ist] / ˈvɛr i ɪst /

adjective

  1. utmost; most complete.

    the veriest stupidity.

  2. superlative of very.


veriest British  
/ ˈvɛrɪɪst /

adjective

  1. archaic (intensifier)

    the veriest coward

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of veriest

very + -est 1

Example Sentences

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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

After a blotchy red rash appears, the veriest tyro knows it.

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

Vivid colors, big bulks, graceful stream lines satisfied even the veriest tyro.

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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