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remotest en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (form-of, superlative) superlative form of remote: most remote
    form of remote
    • Hay, and his director, Marcel Hellman, managed to extract the last drop of comedy from the idea of a derelict station in remotest Ireland, and their work is assured of a lasting place in this ever-popular cinema genre. 1958 February 14, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
    • Strategic sites in even the remotest regions of the kingdom were swiftly fortified using forced labour. 1999, Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell, “1066[:] The Normans Begin to Erect Castles”, in dictionary of english down through the ages[:] words & phrases born out of historical events great & small, 2005 edition, London: Kyle Cathie Limited, →ISBN, page 17:
    • Anyone with the remotest knowledge of railway signalling knows that it always fails safe. 2021 November 17, Christian Wolmar, “Misleading statements lead to ill-informed speculation”, in RAIL, number 944, page 44: