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  • adjective superlative form of swarthy: most swarthy.

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Examples

  • Their fresh complexions were hidden beneath a stain that darkened the skin to the tints of the swarthiest Walloons of the Liége district.

    Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns W. P. Shervill 1915

  • Amid a roar of rage from a thousand throats, a roar that might have shaken the stoutest heart, and blanched the swarthiest cheek, Bezers disappeared within!

    The House of the Wolf; a romance Stanley John Weyman 1891

  • The swarthiest among the swarthy faces, the darkest of dark hair, the most passionate among the fiery spirits belonged to Isaak Todros.

    An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Eliza Orzeszkowa 1876

  • The coarsest complexion gains in lustre and smoothness when attempt is made to render it upon ivory; the dainty groundwork gleams through and gives beauty and clearness to the swarthiest hues.

    Art in England Notes and Studies Dutton Cook 1856

  • Shorn of both locks and rock, the swarthiest JoBro leaves his siblings and their power-pop behind for an underwhelming set of club bangers

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • "And do you, sir," continued the Guardsman to the swarthiest of them all, "feel the heat of the climate much?

    Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

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