[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"utmost"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/extreme]extreme[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/utmost(a)]utmost(a)[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/uttermost(a)]uttermost(a)[/URL]] [*]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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/last]last[/URL]] [*](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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/farthermost]farthermost[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/farthest]farthest[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/furthermost]furthermost[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/furthest]furthest[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/uttermost]uttermost[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/uttermost]uttermost[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/maximum]maximum[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/level best]level best[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/utmost]http://www.word.sc/utmost[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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