smartest, brightest, craftiest, canniest, shrewdest, bravest, cleverest, finest, handsomest, brainiest, wiliest, laziest, primus inter pares, eminent, doughty, redoubtable, influential, wisest, erudite, distinguished, sagacious, fiercest, classiest, praetorian, talented, meanest, astute, resourceful, wittiest, lionel trilling, formidable, shiftiest, clubbable, steadiest, competent, gentlest, noblest, worthiest, youngish, respected, best, incorruptible, angriest, praetorian guard, keenest, unbeholden, cockiest, lincoln steffens, nimblest, farseeing, enlightened, nonpareil, incompetent, toughest, politest, perspicacious, highborn, leanest, william hazlitt, choicest, skilled, prolific, incorrigible, sorriest, walter lippmann, fittest, honorable, estimable, perceptive, gutsiest, straightest, anthony trollope, principled, disputatious, smoothest, arthur schlesinger, callow, gifted, strongest, seasoned, protean, stephen spender, gaius julius caesar, greatest, foremost, swiftest, uncorrupt, monocled, lousiest, greediest, recalcitrant, erstwhile, harold nicolson, educable, dauntless, untutored, rudest, william ewart gladstone, feckless, venerated, stormy petrel, grumpiest, abler, able, capable, experienced, incapable, senior, articulate, prominent, ranking, inept, retired