Definition of Threadiest

1. Adjective. (superlative of thready) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Threadiest

1. thready [adj] - See also: thready

Lexicographical Neighbors of Threadiest

thread the needle
threadability
threadable
threadbare
threadbareness
threaded
threaden
threader
threaders
threadfin
threadfins
threadfish
threadfishes
threadgoldite
threadier
threadiest (current term)
threadiness
threadinesses
threading
threadjacker
threadjackers
threadjacking
threadjackings
threadleaf groundsel
threadless
threadlike
threads
threadsafe
threadworm
threadworms

Literary usage of Threadiest

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

1. Forest Life by Caroline Matilda Kirkland (1844)
"... with a proportionate number of streams — the very threadiest capable of being dammed into a respectable duckpond — supply moisture to our fields. ..."

2. History of Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture by John Smythe Memes (1834)
"Again, in that region of Asia, already noticed as the scene of threadiest recorded labours of the art, wood was abundant. From the descriptions of Holy ..."

3. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, James Norris Brewer, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Frederic Shoberl, Joseph Nightingale, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, John Bigland, John Evans, Thomas Rees (1813)
"This will also account for the origin of the name of the hundred through the heart of which the river takes its course, now, and from threadiest times, ..."

4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1872)
"When is it safe to free an artery from Acil-pressure f—If one could toll threadiest time at which an artery could be safely freo from acupressure, ..."

5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1889)
"Without dwelling further on these symptoms, what I would rather desire to impress here is the possibility of recognising threadiest incipient stage of ..."

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