Uttermost
['ʌtəməʊst] or ['ʌtɚmost]
Definition
(a.) Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.
(n.) The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Extreme, farthest.[2]. Greatest, utmost.
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Definition
adj. farthest out: utmost.—n. the greatest degree.
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Examples
- Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each maenad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- So short now seemed the remaining voyage of life,--so near, so vivid, seemed eternal blessedness,--that life's uttermost woes fell from him unharming. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The flaw in this idea is that the affairs and interests of every modern community extend to the uttermost parts of the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Most of the garrison resisted to the uttermost--few of them asked quarter--none received it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- My charitable business is an unendurable nuisance to me; and when I see a Ladies' Committee now, I wish myself at the uttermost ends of the earth! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She saw him as a clear stroke of uttermost contradiction, a strange gem-like being whose existence defined her own non-existence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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