<b><font size="4">"utmost"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>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: <a href="../extreme.html">extreme</a>, <a href="/">utmost(a)</a>, <a href="/">uttermost(a)</a>] </li> <li>highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn: <a href="../last.html">last</a>] </li> <li>(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: <a href="../farthermost.html">farthermost</a>, <a href="../farthest.html">farthest</a>, <a href="../furthermost.html">furthermost</a>, <a href="../furthest.html">furthest</a>, <a href="../uttermost.html">uttermost</a>]</li> </ol> <b>noun</b> <ol> <li>the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: <a href="../uttermost.html">uttermost</a>, <a href="../maximum.html">maximum</a>, <a href="/">level best</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../utmost.html">http://www.word.sc/utmost</a>

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