selfsame
being the very same; identical.
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- selfsameness, noun
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How to use selfsame in a sentence
This selfsame worship of power demands also demands silence and absolute loyalty.
And yes, the NCAA recently rejiggered its Talumudically inscrutable rules in ways that will benefit the selfsame big five.
Welcome to the 2014 College Football Season: Exploitation, Florida State, and the Accused | Robert Silverman | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIndeed, conspicuous precedent for forced change exists with respect to this selfsame Washington football club.
Her eyes were as they had been that day near this selfsame spot years before, kind and endearing.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxThe old manservant was the selfsame man who had so devotedly served the previous tenant.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
The selfsame trick, if trick it was, is repeated night after night, without variation.
And his companion heard, almost with a shudder, the selfsame words from the priest, as the kneeling of the congregation subsided.
Somehow Good | William de MorganIndeed, I recognized that his face had assumed the selfsame look of insolent familiarity it wore when he spoke of Cleremont.
That Boy Of Norcott's | Charles James Lever
British Dictionary definitions for selfsame
/ (ˈsɛlfˌseɪm) /
(prenominal) the very same
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