uppermost

adj

1. superlative form of upper: most upper.

   “She couldn't reach the bowls on the uppermost shelf, so she made do with a mug.”

   “Well, to me, if you are restricting it to economic policy — because I can surely think of some noneconomic policy concerns that are more uppermost in my mind.”

   “As a result, it is not always an easy matter to evaluate, as an outsider, the effectiveness of a life-task strategy (i.e., sometimes the objective indicators of success and failure do not coincide with the goals most uppermost in a person's mind).”

2. superlative form of upper: most upper.

   “of uppermost importance”

   “of uppermost concern”

   “This brings me to the uppermost problem for over-60-year-old lesbians. Loneliness.”

   “For him, as for his colleagues, concern with priestly comportment and purity is uppermost.”

adv

1. (not-comparable)In the highest position.