uttermost

[ uht-er-mohst or, especially British, -muhst ]

/ ˈʌt ərˌmoʊst or, especially British, -məst /

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adjective

most remote or outermost; farthest: the uttermost stars.

of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, etc.; greatest: The country's art has reached uttermost creativity.

noun

utmost.

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Origin of uttermost

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at utter², -most

Words nearby uttermost

utterance, utter a word, utter barrister, uttering, utterly, uttermost, Utu, Utuado, U-turn, U.T.W.A., Utzon

How to use uttermost in a sentence

The sum of his borrowing mounted and mounted, until, before the arrival of spring, his credit had been strained to the uttermost.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
In covenant, the heathen were given to him for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
The Armenian massacres were now really beginning, and the Turks were inflexibly resolved to persist in them to the uttermost.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Brussels was the half-way halt to the uttermost heights of his ambition.
The Bronze Eagle|Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

O Warden of the Uttermost House, wherefore should we forbear?
The Story of the Glittering Plain|William Morris

British Dictionary definitions for uttermost

uttermost

/ (ˈʌtəˌməʊst) /

adjective, noun

a variant of utmost

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uttermost

Origin of uttermost

Words nearby uttermost

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British Dictionary definitions for uttermost