Meaning of in the extreme | Babel Free

Definitions

To a very great or excessive degree.

Examples

“It was rude in the extreme to act the way he did at the funeral.”

“The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes.”

“But after so many questions and criticism, it would be churlish in the extreme to not give great credit after the manner of England's performance here.”

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