- 1. a. 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost. Source: opted
- 4. adj. of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. (comparatives of ‘far’) most remote in space or time or order Source: wordnet
- 6. n. the greatest possible degree Source: wordnet
- 7. 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. Spenser. 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. 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. Source: webster
- 8. 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. Source: adambom
- 9. j:98/n:2 n. the greatest possible degree Source: ecdict
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