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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Further \Fur"ther\, a. compar. [Positive wanting; superl.
     {Furthest}.]
     1. More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance;
        farther; as, the further end of the field. See {Farther}.
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     2. Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion;
        nothing further to suggest.
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     Note: The forms further and farther are in general not
           differentiated by writers, but further is preferred by
           many when application to quantity or degree is implied.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Furthest \Fur"thest\, a.
     superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See
     {Further}, a.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Furthest \Fur"thest\, adv.
     At the greatest distance; farthest.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  furthest
       adj : (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or
             order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't
             go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree";
             "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost
             tip of the peninsula" [syn: {farthermost}, {farthest},
             {furthermost}, {utmost}, {uttermost}]
       adv 1: to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage
              (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this
              abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the
              children in her education"; "furthest removed from
              reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us" [syn: {farthest}]
       2: to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is
          used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense);
          "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest
          seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest" [syn: {farthest}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "furthest":
     at the height, at the limit, extreme, far out, farthermost,
     farthest, farthest off, furthermost, greatest, most, most distant,
     outermost, outmost, radical, remotest, too much, ultimate, ultra,
     ultra-ultra, utmost, uttermost, way out
  
  

















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