utmost
Utmost means "the greatest extent or amount." When you work as hard as you possibly can, you do your utmost to accomplish your goal.
Whenever something is the most, it can be described as the utmost. If a message is of the utmost importance, it's as important as it possibly can be. Any time you want to really want to emphasize that you believe in something more than anything else or truly intend to do something, do your utmost to use the word utmost.
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highest in extent or degree
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of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
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(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order“the utmost tip of the peninsula”
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synonyms:
farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, uttermost
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far
located at a great distance in time or space or degree
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far
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the greatest possible degree
Vocabulary lists containing utmost
This list covers "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "Seal," "Whale Breathing," "Spring is like a perhaps hand," "Blazing in Gold and quenching in Purple," Haiku, and Limericks.
This nonfiction account of the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery is richly illustrated with archival photographs.
This list covers "Cherokee Family Reunion," Funny in Farsi, and "On the Painting of the Sistine Chapel."
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