noun
the greatest possible degree
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Examples
- he tried his utmost
adjective
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
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- extreme cold
- extreme caution
- extreme pleasure
- utmost contempt
- to the utmost degree
- in the uttermost distress
adjective
highest in extent or degree
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- to the last measure of human endurance
- whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually
adjective
(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
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- 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