"firstmost" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: By surface analysis, first + -most. Etymology templates: {{surface analysis|en|first|-most}} By surface analysis, first + -most Head templates: {{head|en|superlative adjective}} firstmost
  1. superlative form of first: most first; first even among others of leading rank. Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: first (extra: most first; first even among others of leading rank) Synonyms: first, firstly, foremost
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          "text": "\"We've got more meat than we shall know what to do with, Edward. Take the horse, go down to Charlie Bell's ship-yard, borrow a tackle, and ask Edmund Griffin to come and help us dress him; but firstmost let's get him into the barn, out of the hot sun.\"",
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          "ref": "1948, Thomas Owen Beachcroft, Collected Stories of T.O. Beachcroft, page 363:",
          "text": "Apart from that I don't know the firstmost thing about getting divorced.\" I've found out all about it, Ma,\" she said.",
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          "ref": "1999, Thomas Mann, translated by John E. Woods, Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn:",
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