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FURTHEST
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order
Example:
the utmost tip of the peninsula
Synonyms:
farthermost; farthest; furthermost; furthest; utmost; uttermost
Classified under:
Similar:
far (located at a great distance in time or space or degree)
Domain usage:
comparative; comparative degree (the comparative form of an adjective or adverb)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To the greatest distance in space or time ('farthest' is used more often than 'furthest' in this physical sense)
Example:
he swam the furthest
Synonyms:
farthest; furthest
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
To the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage ('furthest' is used more often than 'farthest' in this abstract sense)
Example:
she goes farthest in helping us
Synonyms:
farthest; furthest
Classified under:
Context examples:
The group of muscles in the torso that are closest to the spine and furthest from the skin such as the psoas muscle and the quadratus lumborum.
(Deep Abdominal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
The section of the tube-like structure carrying bile that is closest to the intestine and furthest from the hepatic and cystic ducts.
(Distal Common Bile Duct, NCI Thesaurus)
He screwed up his string to the furthest pitch, and shot his quarrel at the dangling shield.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Beyond this circle of death their comrades, bewildered and amazed, cowered away from this black tower and from these invincible men, who were most to be dreaded when hope was furthest from their hearts.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the other side lay a strip of vineyard, and beyond it the desolate and sandy region of the Landes, all tangled with faded gorse and heath and broom, stretching away in unbroken gloom to the blue hills which lay low upon the furthest sky-line.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In front of them there lay a broad plain, watered by two winding streams and covered with grass, stretching away to where, in the furthest distance, the towers of Burgos bristled up against the light blue morning sky.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He cantered on as he spoke, while Alleyne, having dispensed two more pence, left the old dame standing by the furthest cottage of Hordle, with her shrill voice raised in blessings instead of revilings.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On either side, as the path mounted, the long sweep of country broadened and expanded, sloping down on the one side through yellow forest and brown moor to the distant smoke of Lymington and the blue misty channel which lay alongside the sky-line, while to the north the woods rolled away, grove topping grove, to where in the furthest distance the white spire of Salisbury stood out hard and clear against the cloudless sky.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From Vinney Ridge to Rhinefield Walk the woods grow thick and dense up to the very edges of the track, but beyond the country opens up into broad dun-colored moors, flecked with clumps of trees, and topping each other in long, low curves up to the dark lines of forest in the furthest distance.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
