uttermost

[ uht-er-mohstor, especially British, -muhst ]

adjective

1. most remote or outermost; farthest:

   the uttermost stars.

2. of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, etc.; greatest:

   The country's art has reached uttermost creativity.

noun

1. utmost.

uttermost

/ ˈʌtəˌməʊst /

adjective

1. See utmost
   a variant of utmost

Word History and Origins

Origin of uttermost¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; utter ², -most

Example Sentences

The sum of his borrowing mounted and mounted, until, before the arrival of spring, his credit had been strained to the uttermost.

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In covenant, the heathen were given to him for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession.

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The Armenian massacres were now really beginning, and the Turks were inflexibly resolved to persist in them to the uttermost.

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Brussels was the half-way halt to the uttermost heights of his ambition.

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O Warden of the Uttermost House, wherefore should we forbear?

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