uttermost
[uht-er-mohst or, esp. British, -muh st]
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
Origin of uttermost
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Related Words for uttermost
last, utmost, final, farthest, furthest, outermost, furthermost, outmost, remotestExamples from the Web for uttermost
Historical Examples of uttermost
Where he thinks a contempt due, he pays it to the uttermost.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
He had expressed it, he thought, to the uttermost, by letting her go at all.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
I owe him reparation, and it shall be paid to the uttermost penny.
And Spurling—if Spurling dwells near us in the uttermost parts of the earth?
Murder PointConingsby Dawson
In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought.
NatureRalph Waldo Emerson
uttermost
adjective, noun
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