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Synonyms

farthermost

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

adjective

  1. most distant or remote; farthest.


farthermost British  
/ ˈfɑːðəˌməʊst /

adjective

  1. most distant or remote

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of farthermost

First recorded in 1610–20; farther + -most

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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.

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By week's end the alarm had spread to the farthermost corners of the Soviet empire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though they resemble ordinary stars when viewed through optical telescopes, they are billions of lightyears* away, the farthermost objects in the observable universe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its farthermost point of 468 miles from the earth is only 32 miles higher than the low point.

From Time Magazine Archive

“The best place, I should think, would be at the farthermost end of the point, where I got the boat through the reef—the water is deep there close to the rocks.”

From Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific" by Frederick Marryat

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