utmost

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: 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: {last}]

3: 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}, {uttermost}]

n : the greatestest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn:

{uttermost}, {maximum}, {level best}]