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Utmost vs Extremely - What's the difference?

utmost | extremely |

As an adjective utmost

is situated at the most distant limit; farthest.

As a noun utmost

is maximum; greatest possible amount or quantity.

As an adverb extremely is

to an extreme degree.

utmost

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Situated at the most distant limit; farthest
  • * Evelyn
  • We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France.
  • * Herbert
  • Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
  • The most extreme; ultimate; greatest
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • He shall answerto his utmost peril.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 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.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
  • Indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost cunning into a form that's most perplexing to investigate.

    Noun

    (-)
  • Maximum; greatest possible amount or quantity.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 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.}}

    extremely

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (degree) to an extreme degree