uttermost

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" [syn: {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"
       [syn: {farthermost}, {farthest}, {furthermost}, {furthest},
       {utmost}, {uttermost}]
    n 1: the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn:
         {utmost}, {uttermost}, {maximum}, {level best}]
    

Uttermost \Ut"ter*most`\, n.
   The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest
   extent. --Tennyson.
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         Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost
         that come unto God by him.               --Heb. vii.
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         He cannot have sufficient honor done unto him; but the
         uttermost we can do, we must.            --Hooker.
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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. "In this uttermost
   distress." --Milton.
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