Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Utmost.
- adjective Outermost.
- noun The greatest amount or degree possible; the utmost.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Extreme; being in the furthest, greatest, or highest degree; utmost.
- noun The extreme limit; the utmost; the highest, greatest, or furthest; the utmost power or extent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent.
- adjective Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Outermost - adjective Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree.
- noun The
utmost ; thehighest orgreatest degree; thefarthest extent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
- noun the greatest possible degree
- adjective of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
Etymologies
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Examples
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But then one day in uttermost space thousands of innocents are killed — victims of a military error — and the deadly balance is upset.
February 28th, 2006 2006
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What the tribesman resents to the uttermost is not the administration of law, but the attempt to force on him laws to which he has never assented.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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You do not deny yourself; you believe that self-assertion to the uttermost is the prime duty. "
Our Friend the Charlatan George Gissing 1880
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She knew only that it was sin, and she lifted her head proudly, recklessly resolved, in one great surge of revolt, to sin to the uttermost.
Chapter 4 2010
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I found that they hailed from the uttermost parts of the earth.
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I'm a Gabonese citizen and I'm demanding elections in the uttermost respect of the constitution of the Republic!!! and I'm saying no to those that are calling for France to meddle in Gabonese politics, in particular Ben Mouamba whom we don't know and who could be a pawn of France!
Global Voices in English » Gabon: On President Omar Bongo’s death 2009
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They knew to the uttermost farthing the value of Love.
WHEN GOD LAUGHS 2010
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Iron men like the two mates are very respectful of "Cape Stiff," as they call that uttermost tip of the American continent.
CHAPTER XXVII 2010
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The teams spread out on the smooth surface, each straining to the uttermost.
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Cocky knew danger at the first glimpse -- danger to the uttermost of violent death.
CHAPTER XX 2010
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