outermost

American  

[ou-ter-mohst, -muhst] / ˈaʊ tərˌmoʊst, -məst /

adjective

1. farthest out; remotest from the interior or center.

   the outermost limits.

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outermost British  

/ ˈaʊtəˌməʊst /

adjective

1. furthest from the centre or middle; outmost

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Etymology

Origin of outermost

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at outer, -most

Example Sentences

The National Park Service of the 1950s adopted “The Outermost House” and “Cape Cod” as justifications for establishing a 44,000-acre national seashore of secluded beaches and mysterious bogs in coastal Massachusetts.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2017

The result of his study is a piece of popular oceanography worthy of shelf space alongside Rachel Carson's classic Edge of the Sea and Henry Beston's Outermost House.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among them was the seaside dwelling in Eastham on Cape Cod that was made famous by Naturalist Henry Beston's 1928 bestseller The Outermost House.

From Time Magazine Archive

Precepts for the Innermost and Outermost Life 354   v. 7–9.

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander

Outermost on this tier stand the statues of the two deacons, SS.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham