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swellest

swellest is the superlative form of swell.

swellest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of swell.

Meaning of swell

Adjective

swell (not generally comparable, comparative sweller, superlative swellest)

  1. (dated, not comparable, usually) Fashionable, like a swell or dandy.
    • We pay the express, $5 a day our new agents are making and wearing the swellest clothes besides; old agents after one season make twice as much.1912, Popular Mechanics, page 20
  2. (Canada, US, dated, not comparable, slang, usually) Excellent.
    • ...you are my devoted friend too. You do more and work harder and oh shit I'd get maudlin about how damned swell you are. My god I'd like to see you... You're a hell of a good guy.1927 Mar. 31, Ernest Hemingway, letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Origin of swellest

swell + -est

Questions about swellest

What is swellest the superlative form of?
Swellest is the superlative form of swell.

Words near swellest in the dictionary

  1. swelled the ranks
  2. swelled up
  3. swellegant
  4. sweller
  5. swellers
  6. swellest
  7. swelleth
  8. swellfish
  9. swellfishes
  10. swellhead
  11. swellheaded

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