selfsame

Examples

• All

• The twins wore the selfsame outfits to the party, which confused many of their friends.

• My mother and I laugh with the selfsame voice.

  Fiction book (2002)

• We met on this selfsame road t'other day... and I said good night... and you replied, "Good night, Sir John."

  Tess (1979)

• We like the selfsame things: buckets of rocks, wind, dog licks.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Why, 'tis the selfsame peasant maid who won the heart of our noble prince but yesterday.

  Sleeping Beauty (1959)

• Although the God's word parted us, even separately we have come to find the selfsame path to immortality!

  Fiction book (1994)

• We declare that he is not split or divided into two persons, but that there is one selfsame only-begotten Son, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ.

  Academic text (1992)

• I was staring into the eyes of the selfsame dragon; he had alit upon the ledge behind me and now stood blocking my way.

  Fiction book (1993)

• And now your son's sinking into the selfsame bog that's swallowing you.

  War Horse (2011)

• After several years apart, they found themselves at the selfsame café where they used to meet.

Synonyms

S

same

vsselfsame

∞ 1.0

Exactly like the person or thing mentioned before

is about exact equality rather than just referring back

I

identical

vsselfsame

237 2.9

Being exactly the same in every detail as another

focuses on being that exact person or thing rather than detail

O

one and the same

vsselfsame

34 3.9

Exactly the same person or thing

is a direct term stating exact match without added emphasis

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology