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Farthest   /fˈɑrðəst/   Listen
Farthest

adjective
1.
(comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order.  Synonyms: farthermost, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost.  "Don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree" , "Explored the furthest reaches of space" , "The utmost tip of the peninsula"
adverb
1.
To the greatest distance in space or time ('farthest' is used more often than 'furthest' in this physical sense).  Synonym: furthest.  "Chose the farthest seat from the door" , "He swam the furthest"
2.
To the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage ('furthest' is used more often than 'farthest' in this abstract sense).  Synonym: furthest.  "Furthest removed from reality" , "She goes farthest in helping us"






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"Farthest" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hammond, from the very farthest West there is," Laura said gravely. "Of course she will ride in on a mustang, or ...
— Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch • Annie Roe Carr

... then, in the argument which began with a swirl of conjecture and ended, hours later, in a torrent of bitter personalities farthest of all from the first question under consideration, they avoided a mention of that regrettable incident just as for some time after its occurrence they avoided each other's eyes, as if they felt somehow that theirs was, after all, ...
— Once to Every Man • Larry Evans

... turned round, looked at him, and bleated. My father followed on. The old sheep waited until he had got nearly up to her again, when she ran on, and went through the same operation as before. In this way she led my father to the farthest end of the pasture, where lay her lamb, bleeding and helpless. The little thing had bled so much that it could not raise its head, or help itself in the least. My father took the lamb, stanched the bleeding wound, took it in his arms ...
— Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match • Francis C. Woodworth

... roses were blooming, and the pink roses were in bud. They strayed idly to the side of the house farthest from the street, and there they found the lilacs, heavy with blooms; they were higher than the girl's head,—a little thicket of them,—and behind the thicket was a rustic seat made of the grape-vines. He stepped toward the chair, pulling her by the hand, and she followed. ...
— A Certain Rich Man • William Allen White

... inherent in the language. Here is, chosen casually, the first sentence of a current news item, written surely without artistic elaboration, and subjected, moreover, to the uncertainties of cable transmission. It was no doubt farthest from the correspondent's intention to write 'numerous' prose; but notice how the sentence may be divided into a series of rhythmic groups of two stresses each, with a fairly regular ...
— The Principles of English Versification • Paull Franklin Baum


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