extreme
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,101 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,455 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity also: utmost, uttermost extreme coldextreme caution
- far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree an extreme exampleextreme temperatures
- beyond a norm in views or actions an extreme conservativean extreme liberal
- most distant in any direction the extreme edge of town
noun
- the furthest or highest degree of something he carried it to extremes
- the point located farthest from the middle of something also: extreme point, extremum
extreme in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The disposition of these trees was picturesque and beautiful in the extreme.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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Of course I shall choose extreme cases to illustrate the contrast between them.
Elsie Venner · Oliver Wendell Holmes · Chapter 1
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The north wind then carried his ships to Malea, the extreme southern point of Greece.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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The head of the house, Angus Ray, came to the district early in life from the extreme Cumbrian border.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Mlle. Gilberte, better than almost any other young girl, could understand the extreme measure resorted to by M. de Tregars.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1