Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Farthest west.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Furthest to the west; most western.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.
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- adjective Farthest
west .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective farthest to the west
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Examples
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He tells how he killed Siberian wolf in westernmost Alaska and chamois in the Rockies, how he knew where the last buffalo roamed and how he had slept in the Great Barrens on the musk ox's trail.
“Why this longing for life? It is a game which no man wins.” 2008
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The easternmost of these windows is of two lights, and has a transom in the tracery, and the westernmost is shortened to allow of a doorway of four-centred form beneath.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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A group of six westerners are clearly visible in a report by al-Jazeera from Dafniya, described as the westernmost point of the rebel lines west of Misrata.
Gaddafi wants truce in Libya, says Zuma, but terms unclear 2011
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Of these the westernmost is the higher, but both commanded the rest of the ridge throughout its full extent to the south-east.
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The westernmost is the most convenient for sailing in or out but is not well sheltered from a north-west wind or sea.
A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785
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These two mountains resemble each other in shape and the westernmost is a volcano.
A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785
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He says the navy recently added more patrol boats and is spending more time keeping watch on the waters of the westernmost part of the country.
Philippines Removes Foreign Markers From Disputed South China Sea Reefs 2011
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Alexandria Egypt: Founded by Alexander in 331 on the Mediterranean coast near the westernmost edge of the Nile delta.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The westernmost tributary of the Ganges was two hundred miles away, while the mouth of that great river system lay more than a thousand miles to the east.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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He says the navy recently added more patrol boats and is spending more time keeping watch on the waters of the westernmost part of the country.
Philippines Removes Foreign Markers From Disputed South China Sea Reefs 2011
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