Definition of Slackest

1. Adjective. (superlative of slack) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slackest

1. slack [adj] - See also: slack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slackest

slackcom
slackcoms
slacked
slacken
slacken off
slackened
slackener
slackeners
slackening
slackens
slacker
slackerdom
slackerish
slackerly
slackers
slackest (current term)
slacking
slackline
slacklining
slackly
slackness
slacknesses
slacks
slacktivism
sladang
sladangs
slade
slades
slae
slaes

Literary usage of Slackest

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

1. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1908)
"Upper curve shows CS belt at its slackest, delivering 4o% more power than the untreated belt at point of greatest tension, and with relief at all points. ..."

2. The Public Organisation of the Labour Market: Being Part Two of the Minority by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1909)
"On the other hand, January shows iron-mining and the furnishing trades to be at their slackest; in February (contrary to popular belief) the plumbers have ..."

3. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1900)
"He told me that the University corps was the slackest in England, that Oxford was slacker than Cambridge, that our company was the slackest in Oxford, ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1902)
"At length it was put forth that on our slackest evening in the week, and at our slackest time of that evening betwixt trains, Our Missis would give her ..."

5. Unemployment: A Problem of Industry by William Henry Beveridge Beveridge (1912)
"about two-thirds of the minimum number employed on the slackest day, and less than half of the average number. For 1904 the corresponding figures were: ..."

6. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley (1874)
"Kneel, when I bid you, the slackest wench in this • - town ! [Here they kneel down to sing all ... Abra is slackest- and Mido is quickest.] THE FIRST SONG. ..."

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