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furthermost

[ fur-ther-mohst ]

adjective

  1. most distant:

    Their house is furthermost on the right.



furthermost

/ ˈfɜːðəˌməʊst /

adjective

  1. most distant; furthest


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Word History and Origins

Origin of furthermost1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; further, -most

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Example Sentences

Buckland had often issued the invitation to the furthermost tip of the Arctic.

Yet the gentle touch led him on—around and past the idol into the furthermost corner of the Temple.

You see I was in love with you, he observed, looking the other way and addressing one of the furthermost stars of the heaven.

At last he came to the furthermost summit of which his dear father had spoken so solemnly.

Then he sails to the village of Mattinata, and later to Vieste, the furthermost point of the promontory.

They fought and worked and trekked, onward, always onward—never returning—on beyond the furthermost outposts of civilization.

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