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English Dictionary: uttermost by the DICT Development Group
3 results for uttermost
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
uttermost
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): extreme, utmost(a), uttermost(a)
  2. (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"
    Synonym(s): farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost
n
  1. the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uttermost \Ut"ter*most\, a. [From {Utter}, a.; cf. {Utmost}, and
      {Outermost}.]
      Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest
      degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. [bd]In this
      uttermost distress.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uttermost \Ut"ter*most`\, n.
      The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest
      extent. --Tennyson.
  
               Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost
               that come unto God by him.                     --Heb. vii.
                                                                              25.
  
               He cannot have sufficient honor done unto him; but the
               uttermost we can do, we must.                  --Hooker.
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