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Meanings of selfsame in English
Synonyms
Examples for "very"
Examples for "very"
1
Don't say 'number.' Say 'amount.' Apparently, this was very important... to Dick.
2
However it said it would continue to monitor this situation very closely.
3
This is, of course, very far from the reality of recent history.
4
However, the reports present a very positive picture, especially at primary level.
5
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: This is very good news.
1
A similar debate took place in the lords with nearly identical results.
2
Lakey says 20 different activities are used, although they are not identical.
3
An identical system is set at a lower level to check children.
4
I'd felt dark power similar to this before today-similar ,butnot identical.
5
The general results were practically identical in the two sets of experiments.
Usage of selfsame in English
1
God speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.
2
So last night who comes waltzing in here but this selfsame Mr.
3
But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
4
These are the selfsame monsters our grandfathers died fighting-andwe trust them?
5
Because it'll be those selfsame wretched rotten Peeps who'll get your daughter.
6
All this on the selfsame page as the ugly sneer about Providence!
7
And in the selfsame hour the jealous sultan had the unhappy woman executed.
8
Many years ago, we experienced the selfsame annoyance in the north of England.
9
And at the end of it another knight brought back the selfsame tale.
10
That selfsame evening we held reunion in a cafe off the Boulevard Clichy.
11
For the poet that selfsame oak is enshrined in a thousand noble associations.
12
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
13
In that selfsame moment, one of the scouts' horses screamed, and broke ranks.
14
I'd just delivered her in that selfsame carriage less than an hour beforehand.
15
But thou art the selfsame: and thy years shall not fail.
16
Quack and Dupe, upper side and under of the selfsame substance.
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Selfsame across language varieties
United Kingdom
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