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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
damnedest
 
SYLLABICATION:damned·est
PRONUNCIATION:  dmdst
ADJECTIVE: Superlative of damned.
NOUN: All that is possible; the utmost: did my damnedest to deliver the term paper on time.
 
 
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