different between remarkable vs utmost

English

Etymology

remark +? -able, from French remarquable.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???m??k?bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m??k?bl?/
• Hyphenation: re?mark?a?ble
• Rhymes: -??(?)k?b?l

Adjective

remarkable (comparative more remarkable, superlative most remarkable)

1. Worthy of being remarked or noted; notable
   • 1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature/Book 1: Of the understanding/Part IV

     There is one argument commonly employ’d for the immateriality of the soul, which seems to me remarkable.

   • 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)

     [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

     [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

   Synonyms: eminent, extraordinary, notable, noticeable, observable, outstanding, rare, strange, unusual, wonderful; see also Thesaurus:important, Thesaurus:notable

   Antonym: unremarkable

2. uncommon; unusual

   Synonyms: abnormal, queer, singular; see also Thesaurus:strange

   Antonyms: normal; see also Thesaurus:normal

Derived terms

• remarkableness
• remarkably

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English utmest, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ?tmest, ?temest [and other forms], from ?t, ?te (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). ?t is derived from Proto-Germanic *?t (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??tm?(??)st/
• (General American) enPR: ?t'm?st, IPA^(key): /??tmo??st/, [???-], [??t-]
• Hyphenation: ut?most

Adjective

utmost (not comparable)

1. Situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.

   Synonyms: outmost, uttermost, yondermost
2. The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.

Derived terms

• utmostly

Related terms

• outermost
• outmost
• uttermost

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Noun

utmost (countable and uncountable, plural utmosts)

1. The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum.

   Synonym: yondermost

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