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  • adjective superlative form of gay: most gay.

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Examples

  • The Souris Valley opened forgiving arms to the repentant young Spring, and put forth leaves in gayest fashion.

    Purple Springs 1921

  • They cheered me, so that the tears started from my eyes, when they saw me, and they called the gayest of gay greetings, though they knew that I was going only for a little while, and that many of them had set foot on British soil for the last time.

    A Minstrel in France Harry Lauder 1910

  • Orders were given to bar the door against the convict gang who had come to discharge their unpleasant duty, and while all were busy decking out the unconscious corpse in gayest attire, none paid any heed to me bending over the fire with the motherless child, journeying fast to join its dead parent.

    Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands 1857

  • Some of the soldiers I had known as the gayest and most petted of ball-room and club; and now they were cutting wood and frying bacon, as if they had never done anything else.

    Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon

  • In the 1980s, the Berlin fest became well-known as the gayest festival outside the English-speaking world.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • In the 1980s, the Berlin fest became well-known as the gayest festival outside the English-speaking world.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Well, you're fired when you get back to the station. can someone tell me what Dre did that everyone was calling the gayest, most drawn out hat trick ever?

    Roll 'Bama Roll 2009

  • Becks feels "proud" to be called gayest straight man

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2008

  • Every line PITTSBURGHLER types will be called the gayest line ever. woooooooooo

    The Pensblog 2008

  • Someone had sent the "gayest" pages of the script to the city manager and he pulled the plug.

    Ash Christian: Confessions of My Inner Fat Girl 2008

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