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
If the Fall is a tragedy, Collier feels, as petulantly as the veriest college sophomore, then God is to blame.
From Time Magazine Archive
The veriest dauber knows about dynamic symmetry which is, in a sense, geometry in art.
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 "de'il"—as Burns says—"wad look into thy face and swear he could na wrang thee."
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
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