|
|
Definition of Deadest
1. Adjective. (context: figurative or humorous) (superlative of dead); ''most dead.'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deadest
1. dead [adj] - See also: dead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadest
Literary usage of Deadest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our New Protectorate: Turkey in Asia : Its Geography, Races, Resources, and by James Carlile McCoan (1879)
"... its great decadence—Beyrout, the centre of trade and finance to all this
division—Jerusalem, one of the deadest of Turkish cities —Trade of its port, ..."
2. Charles Dickens as a Reader by Charles Kent (1872)
"... and at very low level indeed—during what the local officials regard as their
deadest time in all the twenty-four hours : what one of them, later on, ..."
Other Resources:
Afrikaans