What part of speech is thinnest?

Thinnest can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. thinnest is an adjective, superlative of thin.

Inflections

Adjective

What does thinnest mean?

Definitions

Adjective

thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
thin - relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
thin - (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"
thin - lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"
thin - lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
thin - not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
thin - very narrow; "a thin line across the page"

Examples of thinnest

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Crowds are at their thinnest, but many of the country’s tourist attractions and services close down in October and don’t reopen until Easter, which paradoxically leaves visitors with a more convincing taste of how Ireland is experienced by most of the Irish: it’s cold, grey and dark by 5pm, but there’s always a pub to escape into when the rain starts sheeting down.
2. adj. The troposphere is between 8 and 14 kilometers thick depending on where you are on Earth. It’s thinnest at the North and South Pole.
3. adj. You can't be too rich or too thin.
4. adj. Thin wire.
5. adj. A thin chiffon blouse.
6. adj. A thin book.
7. adj. A thin layer of paint.
8. adj. Air is thin at high altitudes.
9. adj. A thin soup.
10. adj. Thin oil.
11. adj. A thin feeble cry.
12. adj. A thin smile.
13. adj. A thin plot.
14. adj. A thin beard.
15. adj. A thin line across the page.
16. verb Thin the solution.
Sentence  
adj.
Crowds are at their thinnest, but many of the country’s tourist attractions and services close down in October and don’t reopen until Easter, which paradoxically leaves visitors with a more convincing taste of how Ireland is experienced by most of the Irish: it’s cold, grey and dark by 5pm, but there’s always a pub to escape into when the rain starts sheeting down.
The troposphere is between 8 and 14 kilometers thick depending on where you are on Earth. It’s thinnest at the North and South Pole.
You can't be too rich or too thin.
Thin wire.
A thin chiffon blouse.
A thin book.
A thin layer of paint.
Air is thin at high altitudes.
A thin soup.
Thin oil.
A thin feeble cry.
A thin smile.
A thin plot.
A thin beard.
A thin line across the page.
verb
Thin the solution.

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