Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Most distant; farthest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being at the greatest distance; furthermost.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Most remote; farthest.
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- adjective Most
remote ordistant ;furthermost
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
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Examples
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The directions are simple: anywhere between 53 north latitude and the Pole, on the one hand; and, on the other, the likeliest hunting grounds that lie between the east coast of Siberia and farthermost Labrador.
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This creature, so like, so different; old as the oldest race, and young as the last rose-tinted babe; flung far as the farthermost fires of men, and eternal as humanity itself -- where were they unlike, this woman and she?
CHAPTER 9 2010
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All things were related to all other things from the farthermost star in the wastes of space to the myriads of atoms in the grain of sand under one's foot.
Chapter 13 2010
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Word went up and down the Yukon from Chilcoot to the Delta, and was carried from camp to camp to the farthermost camps, that in June, when the first salmon ran, El-Soo, daughter of Klakee-Nah, would sell herself at public auction to satisfy the claims of Porportuk.
The Wit of Porportuk 2010
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She had managed to reach the farthermost lane of the walkway where she could watch the streets and buildings as they passed.
The Unpublished Writer and His Love Interest (The Painter) David Russo 2010
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Moving carefully through the obstacles that littered the various chambers, Neil led the way as swiftly as he could manage toward the farthermost reach of the cellar, where, if things remained as they had once been, there was an iron door.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Moving carefully through the obstacles that littered the various chambers, Neil led the way as swiftly as he could manage toward the farthermost reach of the cellar, where, if things remained as they had once been, there was an iron door.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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The rule of Rome now extends to the farthermost shores of the Atlantic sea.
CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010
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Most Azteca who came over the mountains fled for Capitol City: Nanagada's farthermost northeastern point.
Crystal Rain 2006
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I would like you to observe the world, imagining yourselfself as big as the galactic cluster, this is the farthermost picture of the universe, that our most advanced telescopes have shown us!
ID Is NOT Either IT! Nanny nanny boo-boo! - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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