- superlative of mere.
merest
Example Sentences
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Hilton has been campaigning hard, as though he has more than the merest speck of a chance of pulling an epic upset and somehow prevailing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Before Lamarck, naturalists saw organisms as passive, depending on supernatural intervention for their merest actions as well as their very existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
Before Saturday, the atmospheric spigots of April had given us the merest trickle of moisture.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023
What we see at night is the merest smattering of the nearest stars.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
