Definition of Closest

1. Adverb. (superlative of 'near' or 'close') within the shortest distance. "That was the time he came nearest to death"

Exact synonyms: Nearest, Nighest
Language type: Superlative

Definition of Closest

1. Adjective. (superlative of close). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Closest

1. close [adj] - See also: close

Lexicographical Neighbors of Closest

closely knit
closemouthed
closen
closened
closeness
closenesses
closening
closens
closeout
closeouts
closer
closer-knit
closereefed
closers
closes
closest (current term)
closest-knit
closest point of approach
closest points of approach
closestool
closestools
closet
closet(a)
closet auger
closet drama
closet queen
closetful

Literary usage of Closest

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

1. The Works of Thomas Shepard: First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge by Thomas Shepard (1853)
"That there is a vast and great internal difference between those that are sincere indeed and the closest hypocrites; or there are certain qualifications ..."

2. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"The closest and simplest relation of the tones is reached in the major mode, ^•when all the tones of a melody are treated as constituents of the compound ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"Both common observation and the closest scientific study have made it plain that youth is the period of sense ascendency. From I FlO. 4. ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"The king's son Trdat (Tiridates), who had fled to Roman territory, restored the kingdom and main- L—19 tained it in the closest connection wth Rome and in ..."

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