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Grammar : Adj
Spell : bair
Phonetic Transcription : bɛər



Definition of barest

Origin :
  • Old English barian, from bare (adj.). Related: Bared; baring.
  • adj without clothing
  • adj without covering or content
  • adj simple, unadorned
Example sentences :
  • It was perfectly legal to arrest that man on the barest suspicion.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • A third put on the barest trace of solar-system drive to get clear of the rest.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • In Mandeville, and in Kaye, it is presented only in its barest and starkest form.
  • Extract from : « A Letter to Dion » by Bernard Mandeville
  • Her 309 fingers touched his chin––the barest ghost of a caressing contact.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • She looked over his head with the barest shade of disdain in her expression.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • It was the barest cabin I was ever in—uncarpeted, with no other seats than the little benches.
  • Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
  • They existed for the barest fraction of a second, then vanished.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • And then, in the barest instant of time, there was no Thett.
  • Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell
  • "After all the whole of this is but the barest suspicion," he said.
  • Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty
  • That sounds like the barest sort of platitude, but have patience.
  • Extract from : « Hidden from the Prudent » by Paul Jones

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