Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of furthest. (See also usage notes at further.)
Away on the farthest cape or headland of the long islet, on a strip of turf beyond the last rank of roses, the duellists had already crossed swords.
1911 April 22, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “The Sins of Prince Saradine”, in The Innocence of Father Brown, London; New York, N.Y.: Cassell and Company, published 1911, →OCLC1 more example
They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(comparatives of ‘far’) most remote in space or time or order
adverbto the greatest distance in space or time (‘farthest’ is used more often than ‘furthest’ in this physical sense)
adverbto the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (‘furthest’ is used more often than ‘farthest’ in this abstract sense)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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