utmost
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Examples
“at the utmost to the utmost”
“[...] I am reſolved to pluck up the heart of a man, and to try⟳ my utmoſt to get⟳ from under his hand.”
“[T]he utmoſt they could do, was to perſuade Him to lay⟳ aſide all Rancor and Diſcontent againſt thoſe Confederate Lords, and to hearken to their deſires.”
“But Scrooge was all the worse for this. It thrilled him with a vague uncertain horror, to know⟳ that behind the dusky shroud there were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon him, while he, though he stretched his own⟳ to the utmost, could see⟳ nothing but a spectral hand and one great heap of black.”
“Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make⟳ up for any kudos she might have⟳ lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake⟳ it and fold⟳ it up again for him.”
“We drank martinis, while she gazed into my eyes and talked of Dolores – in tones of the utmost loathing – and of you, in tones of the utmost self-importance.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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