selfsame meaning

UK US

selfsame (adjective): being the exact same one; not any other:.

Definition of selfsame

  1. being the exact same one; not any other:
    • this is the identical room we stayed in before
    • the themes of his stories are one and the same
    • saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
    • on this very spot
    • the very thing he said yesterday
    • the very man I want to see

    Synonyms: identical, very

    Similar: same

    Related forms: selfsameness

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in ME · 8-letter words

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