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Farthest   /fˈɑrðəst/   Listen
adjective
Far  adj.  (farther and farthest are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest)  
1.
Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent. "They said,... We be come from a far country." "The nations far and near contend in choice."
2.
Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
3.
Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated. "They that are far from thee ahsll perish."
4.
Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. "He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther."
5.
The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts. Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated.
By far, by much; by a great difference.
Far between, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. "The examinations are few and far between."


Farthest  adj.  Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.


adverb
Farthest  adv.  At or to the greatest distance. See Furthest.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Farthest" Quotes from Famous Books



... from three to seven fathoms, and its breadth was from 100 to 300 fathoms. There are some shoals, but they generally extend from low mangrove or marshy points. Its general direction, as far as we were up, is to the north-west. We were, when farthest up, about twenty miles from the entrance of the south-west arm of Broken-Bay. The banks of the river, on the lowest part, had many mangrove trees along it; higher up, reeds grew along its margin, and behind these reedy banks were immense ...
— An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island • John Hunter
... as once more he lighted the cigar, and the fumes went clear up into the farthest ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)
... that he seemed not without some appetite of danger; and therefore, upon any occasion of action, he always engaged his person in those troops which he thought, by the forwardness of the commanders, to be most like to be farthest engaged; and in all such encounters, he had about him an extraordinary cheerfulness, without at all affecting the execution that usually attended them; in which he took no delight, but took pains to prevent it, where it was not by resistance ...
— The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 • Ministry of Education
... door-way of the farthest drawing-room, a light-grey figure against the black and white flagging of the hall; then he began to move toward her down the empty pale-panelled vista, crossing one after another the long reflections which a projecting cabinet or screen ...
— The Reef • Edith Wharton
... much-tried pedal extremities feel a little the worse for wear to-night," admitted Mollie, as she flung a shoe vindictively to the farthest corner ...
— The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House • Laura Lee Hope


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