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Definition of Onliest
1. only [adj] - See also: only
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onliest
Literary usage of Onliest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs and Stories from Tennessee by John Trotwood Moore (1902)
"She beats me nigh ter death sumtimes, 'kase I'm her onliest chile an' she's tryin'
ter raise me right, an' Marster says he 'lows it 'kase she's de onliest ..."
2. Chance Hits by Norman H. Chance (1915)
"THE NO ACCOUNT onliest thing fo' which you's able— Puttin' youh ... onliest thing
you can do is sleep; An' when Ah say "wood" yoh bar'ly creep, ..."
3. Modern English by Fitzedward Hall (1873)
"i " Besides, it is the onliest method to keep her to one's self. ... "In short,
it is the onliest liquor of life." Id., The Orators, Acts 1 and 3. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"onliest, adj. pronounced ... The best or most approved way of doing anything is
said to be the onliest way. W. ONNY, adv. any, also pronounced ANNY. ..."
5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"I'm the oldest of ten children, and he's the youngest, and we two are the onliest
ones that's now a-livin'. I've heard, madam, that you have a son of the ..."
6. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1821)
"onliest, adj. pronounced ... superlative of only, the best or most approved way
of doing any thing is said to be the onliest way. Oss, or Osse. r. ..."
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