Definition of Commonest

1. Adjective. (superlative of common) ¹

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Definition of Commonest

1. common [adj] - See also: common

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commonest

common year
common years
common yellowthroat
common yellowwood
common zebra
commonable
commonage
commonages
commonalities
commonality
commonalties
commonalty
commoned
commoner
commoners
commonest
commoney
commoneys
commonhold
commonholds
commoning
commonise
commonised
commonises
commonish
commonising
commonition
commonitions
commonitive
commonitory

Literary usage of Commonest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"There is sometimes an odd disposition in this country todies?- improbable in fiction, what are the commonest ..."

2. Arbor Day, Its History, Observance, Spirit and Significance: Its History by Robert Haven Schauffler (1909)
"THE Commonest DELIGHT BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER To OWN a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life — this is ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... here of satisfactory quality, but, with the exception of the very commonest, practically all fine organic chemicals must be imported from Germany. ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(6) The Diffuse Arteriolar (Sclerotic) Nephropathy or Commonest Form of Chronic Nephropathy with Arterial Hypertension and Without Renal Dropsy (Primary ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1912)
"The commonest criticism one hears of Book Review advertising— it always comes, by the way, from a publisher who is not using it—is that he "can't see ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"... The commonest, according to Knapp's analysis of the recorded cases, is the paralytic, in which the legs give out as the patient attempts to ..."

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