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Antonyms for uttermost


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uht-er-mohst or, esp. British, -muh st
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌt ərˌmoʊst or, esp. British, -məst



Definition of uttermost

Origin :
  • c.1300, from utter + -most. More recent than utmost. Middle English also had uttermore (late 14c.), now, alas, no longer with us.
  • adj extreme
Example sentences :
  • Where he thinks a contempt due, he pays it to the uttermost.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He had expressed it, he thought, to the uttermost, by letting her go at all.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • I owe him reparation, and it shall be paid to the uttermost penny.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 » by Various
  • And Spurling—if Spurling dwells near us in the uttermost parts of the earth?
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • He would find Gafferson, and probe this business to the uttermost.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • He said he meant to fulfil the duties of captain to the uttermost.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • Our faith in him was often taxed and strained to the uttermost, but it never failed.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • The uneasy bed to sleep on, the day's task to be done to the uttermost.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • Then shall I follow the Ilian fleets and the uttermost bidding of the Teucrians?
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

Synonyms for uttermost

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