[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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