Selfsame
adjective
The very same; identical.
He returned to his selfsame spot.
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Formal
Literary
adjective
Being the same person or thing.
They met at the selfsame place.
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Formal
Academic
adjective
The very same; identical.
He returned to his selfsame spot.
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Formal
Literary
adjective
Being the same person or thing.
They met at the selfsame place.
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Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Literary Flair
Used for emphasis in storytelling or writing, 'selfsame' adds a classic tone.
The knight ventured into the selfsame forest where the dragon was last seen.
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasizing Identity
Underlines that something is exactly the same, not merely similar.
She wore the selfsame dress that won her the award last year.
Pro Tip 3/3Modern Rarity
Though marked as modern, 'selfsame' is uncommon in casual speech today.
They discussed the selfsame topic in today's meeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Flair
Used for emphasis in storytelling or writing, 'selfsame' adds a classic tone.
The knight ventured into the selfsame forest where the dragon was last seen.
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasizing Identity
Underlines that something is exactly the same, not merely similar.
She wore the selfsame dress that won her the award last year.
Pro Tip 3/3Modern Rarity
Though marked as modern, 'selfsame' is uncommon in casual speech today.
They discussed the selfsame topic in today's meeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Flair
Used for emphasis in storytelling or writing, 'selfsame' adds a classic tone.
The knight ventured into the selfsame forest where the dragon was last seen.
Pro Tip 2/3Emphasizing Identity
Underlines that something is exactly the same, not merely similar.
She wore the selfsame dress that won her the award last year.
Pro Tip 3/3Modern Rarity
Though marked as modern, 'selfsame' is uncommon in casual speech today.
They discussed the selfsame topic in today's meeting.
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Quote examples
Smedley Butler
American Soldier
Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
In prayer, we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And shall we come there with stunted requests and narrow, contracted faith?
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
The selfsame procedure which zoology, a branch of the natural sciences, applies to the study of animals, anthropology must apply to the study of man; and by doing so, it enrolls itself as a science in the field of nature.
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George Borrow
British Author
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
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Smedley Butler
American Soldier
Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
In prayer, we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And shall we come there with stunted requests and narrow, contracted faith?
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
The selfsame procedure which zoology, a branch of the natural sciences, applies to the study of animals, anthropology must apply to the study of man; and by doing so, it enrolls itself as a science in the field of nature.
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George Borrow
British Author
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
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