firmest
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- 1Superlative of firm.
Of all the avocados on the shelf, she chose the firmest for slicing.
The builder recommended the firmest ground on the lot for the foundation.
Note
Firm takes the ordinary one-syllable superlative, built with -est rather than most. The form carries every sense of the base word, so it can rank the hardness of fruit, the security of ground, the steadiness of a conviction or the insistence of a refusal: the firmest avocado, the firmest footing, her firmest belief. Like most superlatives, it usually comes with the and implies a group being compared.
firmest is a form of firm
firm, adjective: Solid and rigid; not soft or easily bent out of shape. Full entry
- Spelling
- firm → firmest: add -est
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