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chpee-wee

Dictionary entry

chpee-wee • adv • most, as much as possible

Lexicon record # 264 | Source reference(s): R194

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Nek he-sek' chpee-wee 'ue-kwe-re'-wey-yek' 'oohl 'o k'ee we'y 'ue - 'wes-'o-new.
    But I think you are the sharpest faced person under these heavens.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)

  2. Kwe-lekw nek he-sek' chpee-wee 'ue-kwe-re'-wey-yek' 'oohl 'o k'ee wek 'ue'-wes-'o-nah.
    But I think you are the sharpest faced person under these heavens.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)

  3. Nee-kee chpee-wee ko soo no'r Se-gep hehl-kue 'we-raa-yo'r, keech no'p-'e'n kue 'yoch.
    The Coyote ran for all his might along the bank to pass it, and chased after the boat.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)