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un·der·most

(ŭn′dər-mōst′)

adj.

Lowest in position, rank, or place; bottom.

adv.

In or to the lowest place.

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undermost

(ˈʌndəˌməʊst)

adj

being the furthest under; lowest

adv

in the lowest place

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un•der•most

(ˈʌn dərˌmoʊst)

adj., adv.

lowest, as in position.

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undermost

adjective

Opposite to or farthest from the top:

bottom, lowermost, lowest, nethermost.

Translations

il più basso infimo

undermost

[ˈʌndəməʊst] ADJ → (el) más bajo

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I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another.

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The Spaniard, who was as bold and brave as could be imagined, though weak, had fought the Indian a good while, and had cut two great wounds on his head; but the savage being a stout, lusty fellow, closing in with him, had thrown him down, being faint, and was wringing my sword out of his hand; when the Spaniard, though undermost, wisely quitting the sword, drew the pistol from his girdle, shot the savage through the body, and killed him upon the spot, before I, who was running to help him, could come near him.

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Mrs General changed her gloves, as to the right glove being uppermost and the left undermost, with a Prunes and Prism smile.

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