Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uppermost"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uppermost \Up"per*most`\, a. [From {Up}, {Upper}; formed like
aftermost. Cf. {Upmost}.]
Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost;
supreme.
Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
uppermost
adj : at or nearest to the top; "the uppermost book in the pile";
"on the topmost step" [syn: {topmost}, {upmost}]
adv 1: in or into the most prominent position, as in the mind; "say
what comes uppermost"
2: in or into the highest position; "the blade turned
uppermost"
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