lowermost

[ loh-er-mohstor, especially British, -muhst ]

adjective

1. lowest ¹.

lowermost

/ ˈləʊəˌməʊst /

adjective

1. lowest

Word History and Origins

Origin of lowermost¹

First recorded in 1555–65; lower ¹ + -most

Example Sentences

It’s expected to flow through the breached dam in the coming days, with the lowermost reaches of the Dnipro River returning to a narrower channel unseen since the dam was built in the 1950s.

From Science Magazine

While using sonar to scan the riverbed of the lowermost reaches, they were struck by the absence of dunes.

From Science Magazine

In contrast, Brassard and Cloutier had recorded the exact stratigraphic location of the fossil they found: 90 meters above the lowermost layers of a distinctive geologic unit known as the Escuminac Formation.

From Scientific American

Rather, as Ritchie explained, the movie was inspired by the search for what he called “equilibrium” in the “vortex” engendered by the long-standing tensions between the uppermost and lowermost strata of British society.

From Washington Post

Her name was Mathilde Pincus and she’d been given that award in 1976 for her services to theater as a copyist and music supervisor; I was one of her lowermost drudges.

From New York Times