farthest

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
adverb to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)
adverb to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)

"This was Lewis's farthest north. — The Young Alaskans on the Missouri, Emerson Hough
Why not endless till the farthest star? — Ulysses, James Joyce
That's the farthest we can go to." — The Grell Mystery, Frank Froest

farthermost, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost

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