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Definition of Furthermost
1. Adjective. (comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order. "The utmost tip of the peninsula"
Language type: Comparative, Comparative Degree
Similar to: Far
Definition of Furthermost
1. a. Most remote; furthest.
Definition of Furthermost
1. Adjective. Superlative of further. ¹
2. Adjective. most distant or remote, either in time or space ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Furthermost
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furthermost
Literary usage of Furthermost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hispano-Moresque Pottery in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America by Edwin Atlee Barber (1915)
"... tells us that "At Malaga the fine golden pottery is made which is exported to
the furthermost countries."1 It was there that the great vases, ..."
2. The Columbian Union: Containing General and Particular Explanations of by Simon Willard (1815)
"... or on any military or warlike expedition, at or by the authority or command
of their respective minor president, beyond the furthermost bounds of their ..."
3. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"... rides that the furthermost isles are free, And the furthermost isles make
answer, the Mother who calls ! Be still ! " Mother ! new-found, beloved, ..."
4. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"... On winds and tides the gospel rides that the furthermost isles are free, And
the furthermost isles make answer, harbor, and height, and hill. ..."
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