Synonyms for uttermost
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uht-er-mohst or, esp. British, -muh st |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌt ərˌmoʊst or, esp. British, -məst |
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for uttermost
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