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  • adjective superlative form of gnarly: most gnarly.

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Examples

  • Here's a look at the women who own the beach with the gnarliest waves.

    Jersey Shore's Sisters of Surfing 2011

  • It's also one of the greatest Westerns, because it's at once the gnarliest in terms of graphic realism and the most virtuosic in its use of cinematic technique—especially slow motion.

    A Healthy Serving of Celluloid Steve Dollar 2011

  • Booted from his cushy spot as a master of the financial universe, Louis ends up bunking in with a call girl and crashing the Christmas party at his old brokerage firm dressed like the gnarliest St Nick around.

    MTV News Doles Out Our Christmas Movie Awards » MTV Movies Blog 2009

  • Jo Piazza for The Wall Street Journal Since the property faces some of the gnarliest waves in town, the sisters have long allowed surfers to get their fix whenever nuns aren't on the beach.

    Jersey Shore's Sisters of Surfing 2011

  • You break something or building something at home to needing help dragging that big Buck out from the most gnarliest and deepest canyon we all were there to help each other and enjoy!

    Rank and Status 2009

  • Together they brought about some of the gnarliest cupcakes imaginable: pepperoni cupcakes with mint frosting, banana pepper cupcakes with bourbon frosting, cheese steak cupcakes with apple pie frosting, and many other cupcake abominations.

    Sentimental Frosting Mike Lynch 2011

  • That has to be one of the gnarliest elk I've ever seen.

    Canadian Sheep Hunting Guide Takes First Yukon Trophy Elk 2009

  • Fortunately, the book quickly recovers and becomes a charming and fascinating inquiry into triumph, failure and that gnarliest of head-scratchers: What makes for a successful life?

    Boardroom Conquerors Philip Delves Broughton 2012

  • That has to be one of the gnarliest elk I've ever seen.

    Canadian Sheep Hunting Guide Takes First Yukon Trophy Elk 2009

  • Since the property faces some of the gnarliest waves in town, the sisters have long allowed surfers to get their fix whenever nuns aren't on the beach.

    Where Sisters Splash Down Jo Piazza 2011

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