Word Meanings - FARTHERMOST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.
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- DISTANT
stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated; - DISTANTIAL
Distant. More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu. - REMOTE
Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n. (more info) 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are - DEGREE
A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third - FURTHEST
superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a. - DISTANTLY
At a distance; remotely; with reserve. - FARTHEST
Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest. - POSTREMOTE
More remote in subsequent time or order. - EQUIDISTANT
Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing. -- E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne. - PREREMOTE
More remote in previous time or prior order. In some cases two more links of causation may be introduced; one of them may be termed the preremote cause, the other the postremote effect. E. Darwin. - TERREMOTE
An earthquake. Gower. - INEQUIDISTANT
Not equally distant; not equidistant.