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1. | Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; | |
2. | Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; | |
n. | 1. | The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; |
Noun | 1. | utmost - the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" |
Adj. | 1. | utmost - of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress" |
2. | utmost - highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" Synonyms: last | |
3. | utmost - (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula" |