Veriest

//ˈvɛɹ.i.ɪst// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    superlative form of very: most very form-of, superlative

    "Though in the course of his continual voyagings Ahab must often before have noticed a similar sight, yet, to any monomaniac man, the veriest trifles capriciously carry meanings."

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"Though in the course of his continual voyagings Ahab must often before have noticed a similar sight, yet, to any monomaniac man, the veriest trifles capriciously carry meanings."

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