veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
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
Only the most blandly vacuous and the veriest tyros of the theatre can regard Cock o' the Roost favorably.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vivid colors, big bulks, graceful stream lines satisfied even the veriest tyro.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a blotchy red rash appears, the veriest tyro knows it.
From Time Magazine Archive
How quick the veriest triumph of our years, Fulfill'd by a dim life of toil and pain, Is chang'd to one sad festival of tears— When Time is but a storm—and visions wane!
From The Portland Sketch Book by Various
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