What's the difference between topmost and very?

Topmost


Definition:

  • (a.) Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree.

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  • (1) The combined results describe the depth of segregation of DMS blocks in Avcothane, the presence of DMS within the topmost 20 A in Biomer, and similar impurities in the model polymers.
  • (2) Kate Middleton, it has been disclosed this month , will ride to her wedding with the future King William in a mere motor car, only to be transported away at the end in the shimmering glory of a state coach – symbolising her transformation from commoner to iconic ingredient in the topmost rank of British society.
  • (3) The topmost activity after incubation however is present in the nodular melanoma.
  • (4) College students were handling vinegar to help neutralize the effects of tear-gas; medical students were bandaging the wounded; the owners of the posh mansions of the Morumbi neighborhood were in front of their villas, handling water and vinegar to passersby; Anonymous Brazil hacked several websites and Twitter accounts in order to motivate people to take the streets and even Gloria Kalil, Brazil's topmost fashion guru, dedicated an entry on her weblog on how to dress properly for the riots, in order to be better protected from tear-gas and rubber bullets.
  • (5) With the notable exception of the topmost twentieth, income groups in the top half were net gainers from the changes.
  • (6) Fresh human cadaveric ligamentous spine segments (T12-sacrum) were potted and clinically relevant loads applied through the loading frame attached to the topmost vertebra of the specimen.
  • (7) With 8.5% of all occupational poisonings in Poland organophosphate poisonings hold one of the topmost positions.
  • (8) Yes, there were iconic shows from the US like Kojak and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, but these were just well made entertainments at the very tippy-topmost peak of a mound of dross.
  • (9) The removal of the topmost cell layers of the epidermal stratum corneum by stripping initiates a series of biochemical events which alters the normal homeostatic control of and results in the acceleration of the cell cycle in basal cells which are ten to twenty cell layers removed from the site of stripping.
  • (10) In the computer-derived data, the relative risk of 'death' or 'hypertension' was greatest in the topmost quintile.
  • (11) And she was a model also for every writer coming from the back of beyond, demonstrating – as she so signally did – that you can be a nobody from nowhere, but, with talent, courage, perseverance through hard times, and a dollop of luck, you can scale the topmost storyheights.
  • (12) Topmost temperatures were significantly hotter than temperatures reached at other sites.
  • (13) On the average, NH4+ oxidizers were 540-fold more abundant in the topmost 1 cm of sediment than in the water, and NO2- oxidizers were 250-fold more abundant.
  • (14) "When it really comes to the poor and women's issues, she definitely gives it the topmost priority.
  • (15) After topical treatment of enamel pieces cut from bovine incisors, the chemical composition of the solution phases and of the topmost layers of enamel were determined by special techniques of elemental and surface analysis.
  • (16) The device consists of polyethylene tubes froming two perpendicular loops joined and fixed and their topmost point by ligature.

Very


Definition:

  • (v. t.) True; real; actual; veritable.
  • (adv.) In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.

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