Entry Word: utmost

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 most distant from a center <supreme power that extended to the utmost points of the empire> — see extreme 1
2 of the greatest or highest degree or quantity <inhabitants of the war-ravaged region experience the utmost misery imaginable> — see ultimate 1
3 of the highest degree <an intelligence operation that must be conducted with the utmost secrecy> — see full 2