Utmost

a.	1.
	1.	Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France. - Evelyn. Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath. - Herbert.
	2.	Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness. He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril. - Shak. Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. - Shak.
n.	1.	The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost. We have tried the utmost of our friends. - Shak.

Noun	1.	utmost - the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" Synonyms: level best, uttermost, maximum
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" Synonyms: extreme, uttermost
	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" Synonyms: farthermost, furthermost, furthest, uttermost, farthest

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