Commonest

Word COMMONEST
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Definitions and meanings of "Commonest"

What do we mean by commonest?

Mutual; shared by more than one.

Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.

Simple, ordinary or vulgar.

(grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.

(grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.

Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.

Profane; polluted.

Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

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The word "commonest" in example sentences

There were hours when she spoke of their taking refuge in what she called the commonest tact -- as if this principle alone would suffice to light their way; there were others when it might have seemed, to listen to her, that their course would demand of them the most anxious study and the most independent, not to say original, interpretation of signs. ❋ Henry James (1879)

The commonest is that it derives from the Norwegian rørhval and means ‘grooved whale’ – a reference to those longitudinal grooves. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Of all the ornamental aquatic fowls known in England, the swan, though perhaps the commonest, is the noblest; and it has the advantage of being useful in clearing ponds of weeds as well as being ornamental. ❋ Jane (1845)

There are several borers attacking the wood of the trunk of the hickory, but one of the commonest is the painted hickory borer. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The commonest is a loop, the straight line indicating the direction a gang or individual has taken: ❋ R. V. Russell (N/A)

But perhaps the commonest is the plover, who just brings together a few straws on the mud of a field and lays her eggs there without any protection; yet the eggs are so like the mud-coloured surroundings that you might hunt for a long time, and even walk over them without seeing them. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Amongst many savage tribes, especially such as are known to practice totemism, it is customary for lads at puberty to undergo certain initiatory rites, of which one of the commonest is a pretence of killing the lad and bringing him to life again. ❋ Unknown (1922)

The accusation of ingratitude, indeed, may be well described as the commonest of all those brought against the great by the small. ❋ Strachey, John St Loe (1922)

The commonest is the three-fold division into vegetative, animal and rational. ❋ Isaac Husik (1907)

Among the sounds which greet the ear of the wayfarer as the shades of evening deepen into night, one of the commonest is a rather faint chirping noise which comes mysteriously from overhead. ❋ Various (1891)

The point of the narrative is, that a facetious old gentleman named Captain Compass beguiles a group of juveniles -- who must have been singularly gullible even for those early days -- by describing in mysterious and alien-sounding terms the commonest home objects, such as coals, cheese, butter, and so on. ❋ Charles Maurice Davies (1869)

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