veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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Vivid colors, big bulks, graceful stream lines satisfied even the veriest tyro.
From Time Magazine Archive
She could mix a cocktail as well as the veriest flapper of today.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
And these two pains, so counter and so keen,— The longing for him, when thou seest him not; The shame of self at thought of seeing him,— Will be thy veriest, sharpest purgatory.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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