Ut″most′ (?), a. [OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. �temest, a superlative fr. �te out. ����. See Out, and cf. Aftermost, Outmost, Uttermost.]
1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. Spenser.
We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France. Evelyn.
Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath. Herbert.
2. Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
He shall answer... to his utmost peril. Shak.
Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. Shak.