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Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.

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  1. a. Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.
  2. n. The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent.
  3. adj. of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
  4. adj. (comparatives of ‘far’) most remote in space or time or order
  5. n. the greatest possible degree
  6. Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermost distress." Milton. 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.
  7. Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highestdegree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermostdistress." Milton.
  8. j:100 n the greatest possible degree s of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity s (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order