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superlative form of damned: most damned; surprising, remarkable, amazing. quotations examples
"And the damnedest thing happened. I was dreaming, but in my dream I was dreaming. It was the damnedest thing, really."
1900, Phillip Gardner, Someone to Crawl Back to, page 107
uncountable
One's best effort. quotations examples
"Fancy was doing her damnedest to pull her own oar and the boys were tripping all over themselves to treat her like a lady."
1991, Cathy Cash Spellman, Paint the Wind, page 148
(archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of damn examples