adjective
- exactly the same; identical
Usage: formal
Examples
- She was wearing the selfsame dress she had worn to the party last week.
- The selfsame problem occurred again the next day.
- He returned to the selfsame spot where he had lost his keys.
- The selfsame argument was made by several different speakers.
- They met at the selfsame café where they had first talked years ago.
- The selfsame mistake appeared in both reports.