Ample vs Utmost - What's the difference?
ample | utmost |
Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
* All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. --Spenser.
Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
Situated at the most distant limit; farthest
* Evelyn
* Herbert
The most extreme; ultimate; greatest
* (William Shakespeare)
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Maximum; greatest possible amount or quantity.
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As adjectives the difference between ample and utmost
is that ample is large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended while utmost is situated at the most distant limit; farthest.As a noun utmost is
maximum; greatest possible amount or quantity.ample
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Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* full, spacious, extensive, wide, capacious, abundant, plentiful, plenteous, copious, bountiful; rich, liberal, munificent * See alsoReferences
* *Anagrams
* ----utmost
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Adjective
(-)- We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France.
- Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
- He shall answerto his utmost peril.
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- Indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost cunning into a form that's most perplexing to investigate.
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(-)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost . She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}