Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Highest; uppermost.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Highest; uppermost.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Highest; uppermost.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective at or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective at or nearest to the top

Etymologies

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top +‎ most

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Examples

  • The topmost was the initial report, with a note appended to the effect that Herald Pol was taking over the investigation.

    Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000

  • = -- So, for want of a better name, we will call the topmost section or inner roof of brick, two bricks thick.

    Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Arthur Dimock

  • Its solitariness, its pointed turrets and gables, its proud position on what might be termed the topmost wave of earth in that region, the flying flag at its summit, and the ample white curtains that fluttered sail-like in the open windows, all heightened the resemblance.

    An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada A. Ethelwyn Wetherald 1898

  • Satisfied upon this point, the Indian next made his way round to the front of the palace, and here at once the evidences of a visit of a large party of people to the palace, some time during the preceding night, once more presented themselves, the latest -- that is to say the topmost -- set of footprints showing that quite a crowd of people had hurried from the main entrance of the building down the broad path leading to the entrance gates of the garden and thence into the main road.

    Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru Harry Collingwood 1886

  • +C < = = > is the "topmost" operator in the sense that it is at the

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  • 358 This ranked among the five 'topmost' heavens of the 'world of form,' or Brahma-world.

    Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909

  • "topmost", but I also tried using the ahk_parent parameter to no affect.

    AutoHotkey Community 2008

  • The pinnacle-attached janitorial shack was then remodeled into something no janitor could dream of affording: the modern penthouse, luxury accommodations situated on the highest level of a metropolitan monument, a place of topmost privilege.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The pinnacle-attached janitorial shack was then remodeled into something no janitor could dream of affording: the modern penthouse, luxury accommodations situated on the highest level of a metropolitan monument, a place of topmost privilege.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

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