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westermost

westermost adjective: furthest to the west; westernmost.

Adjective

westermost (comparative more westermost, superlative most westermost)

  1. Furthest to the west; westernmost.
    • The distance between the two westermost is nearly the same, and they bear to each other S. by E. and N. by W.1785, John Hawkesworth, An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty For Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere.
    • The lightning, or matter thereof, (supposing it to have enter'd at the top of the house, as is the general receiv'd opinion,) first struck the southeast corner of the eastermost chimney; from which place it can be trac'd downwards, by cracks and other marks on the south side of the chimney, in a...2011, Nathan G. Goodman, The Ingenious Dr. Franklin: Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin, page 117

Forms of westermost

comparativemore westermost
superlativemost westermost

Origin of westermost

From west + -er + -most.

Questions about westermost

What does westermost mean?
Westermost means furthest to the west; westernmost.
What part of speech is westermost?
Westermost is an adjective.

Words near westermost in the dictionary

  1. Westermann
  2. Westermanns
  3. Westermans
  4. Westermarck effect
  5. Westermark sign
  6. westermost
  7. western
  8. Western Abenaki
  9. Western Abnaki
  10. western action shooting
  11. Western Africa

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