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A bit wet? Emphatically not I! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

most

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This could be a double definition.

'a bit wet?' is the first definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'emphatically not i' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for most that I've seen before include "Kind of commercial pact where two countries agree to treat each other as well as any other" , "Almost all" , "Greatest in amount or degree" , "In the highest degree" , "Nearly all, majority" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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