What is the meaning of selfsame?

adjective

  • Being the exact same one; not any other:.
    • usage: "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"
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