Definition of Severest

1. Adjective. (superlative of severe) ¹

2. Verb. (archaic) (second-person singular of sever) ¹

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Definition of Severest

1. severe [adj] - See also: severe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Severest

severance payment
severance tax
severances
severaunce
severe
severe acute respiratory syndrome
severe combined immunodeficiency disease
severe combined immunodeficient mice
severe postanoxic encephalopathy
severed
severely
severeness
severenesses
severer
severest (current term)
severeth
severies
severin
severing
severings
severities
severity
severity of illness index
severs
severy
seviche
seviches
sevirumab
sevocation

Literary usage of Severest

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and this method of action called forth the severest condemnation from Ximenez. After he became regent further information of slavery reached Spain, ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"He is, I think, the acutest critic I know— and the severest. His severity, however, is a fault. His intention to be honest, even when honesty may give pain, ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"A grievous crime that was committed in the convent in 1909 led the diocesan authorities to adopt the severest measures for the re-establishment of religious ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"A grievous crime that was committed m the convent in 1909 led the diocesan authorities to adopt the severest measures for the re-establish- ment of ..."

5. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1896)
"... and particularly ought to be made during their imprisonment to work, which in itself is, for such persons, the severest punishment. ..."

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