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  • adjective superlative form of wan: most wan.

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Examples

  • He tucked the long front pieces of hair behind his ears and put on his spectacles of smoked glass, which he wore even in the dim of morning, his eyes apparently too weak for the wannest form of light.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • He tucked the long front pieces of hair behind his ears and put on his spectacles of smoked glass, which he wore even in the dim of morning, his eyes apparently too weak for the wannest form of light.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

  • Between meals she curled up in the wannest place in her nest, sleeping, oblivious to everything around her.

    The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991

  • But her wannest greeting was for the skinny yet attractive young women who stood sedately in the rear.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • Their conduct merits our wannest esteem; and I beg leave to add, that I think the public will do well to make them a handsome gratuity.

    The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat

  • I cannot conclude this relation without expressing my wannest thanks to

    The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat

  • They are on the whole the most curious relics of antiquity I have seen, they must at least be 2300 years old and they are in no way injured, but the supply of water is constant even in the wannest weather.

    Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir Lady Biddulph of Ledbury

  • They are on the whole the most curious relics of antiquity I have seen, they must at least be 2300 years old and they are in no way injured, but the supply of water is constant even in the wannest weather.

    Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. Ledbury, Lady Bidulph of 1910

  • Son, take it from me, when a full-grown she-bull gets wan, she's probably the wannest thing there is in the world.

    From Place to Place 1910

  • In many a laboured scene of the wannest humour and of the most affecting passion I have seen the best actors disconcerted, while these buzzing muscatos have been fluttering round their eyes and ears.

    The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Edward Robins 1902

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