Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Superlative of straight.
- n. Specifically, in spherics, a great circle, the analogue of the straight, being unbounded but determined by any two points not opposites.
Wiktionary
- adj. superlative form of straight: most straight.
Examples
“And to him like a bird uncaged I flew in straightest line:”
“Of these 350 we have selected 50 which are the tallest and straightest, that is, 20 inches and over.”
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“I think the book that has stuck with me the longest is "Player Piano," even though I haven't read it in many years and it is, in many ways, the "straightest" of his books.”
“And if Cleek had been like the generality of people, and hadn't known that some of the best and "straightest" men in the world have been afflicted in this manner, and some of the worst and "crookedest" could look you straight in the eyes without turning a hair, he might have taken this for a bad sign.”
“Nidderdale had suggested that the "straightest" thing would be to go direct to the”
“Green Ants', the album's opening track is probably the 'straightest' thing here - a kind of introduction to the themes of the record I guess, with Mazurek and Taylor both letting rip”
“< i > always find time before work to spend half-an-hour of immersion, under that splendid roof, in the clearest and tenderest, the very cleanest and "straightest," as it masters our envious credulity, of all storied fresco-worlds?”
“straightest" men in the world had been afflicted in this manner, and some of the worst and "crookedest" could look you straight in the eyes without turning a hair, he might have taken this for a bad sign.”
“straightest' material that happens to be nice to gays, rather than doing anything to recognize the work of actual gay cartoonists, wrote Christopher Butcher at Comics212.”
“straightest' route we had taken so far, miles upon miles of roads stretched out before us, a corner was very rarely encountered …”
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