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outermost

Alternative clues for the word outermost

Word definitions for outermost in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (en-superlative of: outer ) 2 Farthest outside; as far from the center or inside as possible.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ the outermost petals of the flower EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Men advanced with beams of timber to the edge of the outermost ditch and there proceeded to erect a gibbet. ▪ On the outermost point of the peninsula we could ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outermost \Out"er*most`\, a. [See Uttermost , Utmost , and cf. Outmost .] Being on the extreme external part; farthest outward; as, the outermost row. --Boyle.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from outer + -most .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center [syn: outmost ]

Usage examples of outermost.

At that time, outposts of Diaboli power were already within twenty light years of the outermost human centers.

Sally-Anne levelled out for an instant and flew for the marula, her wingtip almost touched its outermost branches, and immediately she threw the Cessna into an opposite turn, neatly placing the tree between them and the line of paratroopers on the airstrip behind them.

It drove through her veins, branching and rebranching as wildfire races along the limbs of a tree to its outermost extremities.

I sat down carefully, my back to the wall, and unwrapped the bundle, the outermost layer proving to be a plain linen shirt and a pair of old breeches.

In all other Bryales there is a definite columella extending from the base to the apex of the capsule, the archesporium is derived from the outermost layer of cells of the endothecium, and an air space is formed between the spore-sac and the wall.

Being on the outermost reaches of the galaxy - and hanging well underneath the galactic plane, where the last vestiges of stars and gas gave way to the emptiness beyond - did not necessarily mean that a place was inaccessible, providing it was close to an arteria portal.

Hanging the ornament required perfect balance and enormous strength, as it had to be lifted off of the tackle hook that had brought it up to the crossarm, then raised still higher and set down on the outermost auxiliary wire-all without man or metal touching the live wire that ran just inches away.

For the outermost of these, such as the Batavi and Frisii, it was not actual occupation.

Carefully, thoughtfully one day, out of curiosity, he lifted from a guard some yards away a handarm with a tight beam and attacked the outermost wall with it, resin boiling away in a rush of happily lightened molecules, the very, very limited awareness of inanimate matter, so soothing and lovely.

By moon and starlight, aided by the lamphouse at the outermost point, our six ghostly ships sailed into the harbor of a small town whose name I never knew, on the isle of Gavrilos, which is famed for its olive oil.

Challenge, and counter-challenge, and we passed the outermost gate and began to go through some of the courts, in which stood lime trees here and there, growing green tenderly with that Maytime, though the north wind bit so keenly.

He felt the outermost limits of his being expanding, and quivering with miniscule outflarings of yellow energy, as if he could drive them away by the pressure of his physical being.

As soon as it cleared the outermost pier, the spars would shift and the westwind would fill the sails from behind.

Belen, and Tacubaya, which were defended by formidable works, the outermost of which was Molino del Rey, a fortified position at the foot of a slope beyond which a grove of cypresses led to the hill of Chapultepec.

Here the storms in the roaring glens between the outermost whales, were heard but not felt.