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adverb

Most adv. In the greatest or highest degree. "Those nearest to this king, and most his favorites, were courtiers and prelates." Note: Placed before an adjective or adverb, most is used to form the superlative degree, being equivalent to the termination -est; as, most vile, most wicked; most illustrious; most rapidly. Formerly, and until after the Elizabethan period of our literature, the use of the double superlative was common. See More, adv. "The most unkindest cut of all." "The most straitest sect of our religion."

adjective

Most adj. superl. (superl. of More)

1.

Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all. "Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness." "The cities wherein most of his mighty works were done."

2.

Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it. "In the moste pride."

3.

Highest in rank; greatest. (Obs.) Note: Most is used as a noun, the words part, portion, quantity, etc., being omitted, and has the following meanings: 1. The greatest value, number, or part; preponderating portion; highest or chief part. 2. The utmost; greatest possible amount, degree, or result; especially in the phrases to make the most of, at the most, at most. "A quarter of a year or some months at the most." "A covetous man makes the most of what he has."

For the most part, in reference to the larger part of a thing, or to the majority of the persons, instances, or things referred to; as, human beings, for the most part, are superstitious; the view, for the most part, was pleasing.

Most an end, generally. See An end, under End, n. (Obs.) "She sleeps most an end."

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— An Eye for an Eye • Anthony Trollope

... infirmity, among others, Mr. Merrywinkle, after two or three glasses of wine, falls fast asleep; and he has scarcely closed his eyes, when Mrs. Merrywinkle and Mrs. Chopper fall asleep likewise. It is on awakening at tea-time that their most alarming symptoms prevail; for then Mr. Merrywinkle feels as if his temples were tightly bound round with the chain of the street-door, and Mrs. Merrywinkle as if she had made a hearty dinner of half-hundredweights, ...

— Sketches by Boz - illustrative of everyday life and every-day people • Charles Dickens

... your friend. I haf always loaf you, I haf forget vhat it vas like not to loaf you. It ees true you vere scarce polite about dthe reading. I did not know I bore you. I feel it fery deep. It might not matter to zome Nordthern zhentlemen, but I am dthe most sensible man you ...

— Under the Southern Cross • Elizabeth Robins

... the ripple changed to a plaintive minor accompaniment, that had in it an undertone as of far-off winds and waves. Then the full, clear voice of the girl rang out in that most beautiful of songs, which alone should make famous the genius of Jean Ingelow ...

— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch

... others small, That never knowes himselfe at all, As the false people raise him higher, Himselfe in's shadow hee'l admire. The fairest Gemme without true light, Without true praise great titles, flight: Blest Tiberinus, and most free In thy selfe alone thoul't learne ...

— The Odes of Casimire, Translated by G. Hils • Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski

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