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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Furthest \Fur"thest\, adverb At the greatest distance; farthest.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Further \Fur"ther\, adjective compar. [Positive wanting; superl. {Furthest}.]
1. More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See {Farther}.
2. Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest.
Note: The forms further and farther are in general not differentiated by writers, but further is preferred by many when application to quantity or degree is implied.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Furthest \Fur"thest\, adjective superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See {Further}, adjective
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
furthest
adjective: (comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula" [syn: {farthermost}, {farthest}, {furthermost}, {utmost}, {uttermost}]
adverb
1: to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage ('furthest' is used more often than 'farthest' in this abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us" [syn: {farthest}]
2: to the greatest distance in space or time ('farthest' is used more often than 'furthest' in this physical sense); "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest" [syn: {farthest}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "furthest": at the height, at the limit, extreme, far out, farthermost, farthest, farthest off, furthermost, greatest, most, most distant, outermost, outmost, radical, remotest, too much, ultimate, ultra, ultra-ultra, utmost, uttermost, way out
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