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uttermost |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Uttermost \Ut"ter*most`\, n. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Uttermost \Ut"ter*most\, a. [From {Utter}, a.; cf {Utmost}, and {Outermost}.] Extreme; utmost; being in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as the uttermost extent or end ``In this uttermost distress.'' --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: uttermost adj 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: {extreme}, {utmost(a)}, {uttermost(a)}] 2: 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: {farthermost}, {farthest}, {furthermost}, {furthest}, {utmost}] n : the greatestest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: {utmost}, {maximum}, {level best}]
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