Used in a Sentence

southernmost

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for southernmost.

Editorial note

The southernmost tip of the country is roughly on the same latitude as Anchorage.

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Quick take

Farthest south.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of southernmost gathered in one view.

adjective

Farthest south.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for southernmost.

Example sentences

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The southernmost tip of the country is roughly on the same latitude as Anchorage.

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Sudan, Mali, southernmost Algeria) and people are starting to seriously lack imagination the way you do.

3

This part is wonderfully hypocritical: ----- Anne and Vincent LiMauro moved into the southernmost apartment, which they bought for $225,000.

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The vast majority of our population is scrunched into the southernmost quarter of the state.

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Kazakhstan is big (and unlike the US, its southernmost parts are not the nicest ones).

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Japan's military had correctly guessed that the likely first target of an American invasion would be the southernmost island of Kyushu.

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Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost part of South America, lies at 55°S.

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Fifteen days before, in its cage in Amsterdam, the last known member of Equus quagga, the southernmost subspecies of zebra, died.

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The distance from the northernmost part of Scandinavia to the southernmost part is like the distance from Minnesota to Texas, so obviously the climate varies a lot.

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The distance between Los Angeles and the southernmost point of Alaska's panhandle down the side of Canada^ is comparable to the distance between Los Angeles and New Orleans.

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Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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In this regard, Japan isn't as homogeneous - both culturally and genetically - as the article would have you believe if the covered area were to include Japan's southernmost islands.

Quote examples

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For example, most of the people in what is called "Northern Ontario" really live in almost-southernmost Ontario.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use southernmost in a sentence?

The southernmost tip of the country is roughly on the same latitude as Anchorage.

What does southernmost mean?

Farthest south.

What part of speech is southernmost?

southernmost is commonly used as adjective.