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swarmiest

swarmiest is the superlative form of swarmy.

Meaning of swarmy

Adjective

swarmy (comparative swarmier, superlative swarmiest)

  1. Of bees: inclined to swarm.
    • There are those who will dispute this statement, but the fact of the matter is that swarminess is an inherited character and young queens produced by a swarmy colony will, most probably, also head swarmy colonies.2004, John Ellis Dews, Eric Milner, Breeding Better Bees, page 6
  2. Swarming with people or activity; teeming.
    • This market is the noisiest and swarmiest centre of noisy and swarming Florence, and I always like to pass through it on that account.1871, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the French and Italian note-books
  3. (slang) Unscrupulous, sleazy, sneaky.

Questions about swarmiest

What is swarmiest the superlative form of?
Swarmiest is the superlative form of swarmy.

Words near swarmiest in the dictionary

  1. swarmer
  2. swarmers
  3. swarmes
  4. swarmeth
  5. swarmier
  6. swarmiest
  7. swarmin'
  8. swarminess
  9. swarming
  10. swarmingly
  11. swarmings

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