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FARTHERMOST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does farthermost mean?
• FARTHERMOST (adjective)
The adjective FARTHERMOST has 1 sense:
1. (comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order
Familiarity information: FARTHERMOST used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order
Synonyms:
farthermost; farthest; furthermost; furthest; utmost; uttermost
Context example:
the utmost tip of the peninsula
Similar:
far (located at a great distance in time or space or degree)
Domain usage:
comparative; comparative degree (the comparative form of an adjective or adverb)
Context examples
All things were related to all other things from the farthermost star in the wastes of space to the myriads of atoms in the grain of sand under one's foot.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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