All 4 Uses of
utmost
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All Quiet on the Western Front
- No sooner do we know this than we dive into the nearest dug-outs, and with the utmost haste seize on whatever provisions we can see, especially the tins of corned beef and butter, before we clear out.†
Chpt 6 *
- The peasants wrap up their booty with the utmost solemnity, and then get out their big pocket knives, and slowly and deliberately cut off a slice of bread for themselves from their supply and with every mouthful take a piece of the good tough sausage and so reward themselves with a good feed.†
Chpt 8
- Thus we live a closed, hard existence of the utmost superficiality, and rarely does an incident strike out a spark.†
Chpt 11
- The Bushmen are primitive and naturally so, but we are primitive in an artificial sense, and by virtue of the utmost effort.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(utmost) greatest