merest in English

adjective
1
that is solely or no more or better than what is specified.
it happened a mere decade ago
adjective

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1. 3 The merest simpleton could draw the conclusion.

2. 8 She hesitated for the merest fraction of a second.

3. Blandly himself found the HISPANIOLA, and by the most admirable management got her for the merest trifle.

4. Coincidence is a recognized element in 'real life.' All of us have anecdotes about those times when, by the merest Coincidence, we avoided some disaster or stumbled onto some wonderful experience.

5. 21 In the moment when I looked into the cave a little elfin starfish hung down, suspended by the merest thread, perhaps by only a single tube foot.

6. When food, or the merest touch against your baby’s mouth and face, sends them into a frenzy? A baby or child with an oral Aversion has a sensitivity to …

7. He would have stopped all work to beg for extra pay at the merest suggestion of such a thing; but as it was he raised both fists and lapsed into his own tongue to Apostrophize the ruffian who dared jostle King.

8. ‘A vertical line ran down from just above his eyebrow to the bottom of his Cheekbone.’ ‘Maybe it would make his Cheekbones look sunken and athletic and sexy.’ ‘With his soft grey eyes, enviable Cheekbones and hair that tousles endearingly at the merest touch, he has all the makings of a teen idol.’

9. ‘With his soft grey eyes, enviable Cheekbones and hair that tousles endearingly at the merest touch, he has all the makings of a teen idol.’ ‘He had sharp features, with very high definition Cheekbones and a sharply defined chin.’ ‘She had waist length brown hair, with hazel eyes, high Cheekbones …