farthermost

American  

[fahr-ther-mohst, -muhst] / ˈfɑr θərˌmoʊst, -məst /

adjective

1. most distant or remote; farthest.

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farthermost British  

/ ˈfɑːðəˌməʊst /

adjective

1. most distant or remote

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Etymology

Origin of farthermost

First recorded in 1610–20; farther + -most

Example Sentences

When the light we see today left the farthermost quasars, the earth and the solar system had not yet been born.

From Time Magazine Archive

While strict interpretation of Hubble's law would place the farthermost quasars more than 8 billion light-years from the earth, Schmidt refuses to assign a specific distance for any beyond the closest: 3C 273.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the eaves of Central Asia's towering Hindu Kush Mountains lie the farthermost outposts of the British Raj's power in India, in the Northwest Frontier Province.

From Time Magazine Archive

While his Secretary of State Pacelli, his Dr. Aminta Milan! and the others stood silent, his Holiness Pope Pius XI began speaking to the farthermost corners of the earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

A bust of Beethoven occupies the farthermost corner at the left.

From The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays by Björkman, Edwin