utmost
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,242 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,795 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity also: extreme, uttermost extreme coldextreme caution
- highest in extent or degree also: last to the last measure of human endurancewhether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually
- (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order also: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, uttermost had traveled to the farthest frontierdon't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree
noun
- the greatest possible degree also: uttermost, maximum, level best he tried his utmost
utmost in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Cleanliness was carried to its utmost limits: every thing shone.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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As for the lie, he told it with the utmost air of candour.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon · Amelia E. Barr · Chapter 1
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We know that at the utmost you cannot bring against us above five and twenty thousand knights.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 9. · Mark Twain · Chapter 2
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Everything had to be in sets, and to preserve these intact, the utmost care was preached and exercised.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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The young dame in question was about seventeen; her face was oval in form, with features of the utmost delicacy and regularity.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1