IN THE EXTREME

Definition: IN THE EXTREME

IN THE EXTREME

1. As much as possible. ``The position of the Port was difficult in the extreme.'' --J. P. Peters.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Computing

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Greatness

Greatly; Adjective: much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely.

Crosswords: IN THE EXTREME

De facto, night facto, the fact that they're facto-ing at all I find repulsive in the extreme. (Kath & Kim; writing credit: Gina Riley; Jane Turner)

It is painful in the extreme I can assure you. (The Terror of the Tongs; writing credit: Jimmy Sangster)

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Music

• Perplexed in the Extreme (+1 Bonus Track [IMPORT] (reference)

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Arrives at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, 21 February 1953. The officers with him are (from left to right): Rear Admiral I.N. Kiland; Vice Admiral J.J. Ballentine; Rear Admiral W.C. Switzer; and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick. Rear Admiral T.B. Brittain is in the extreme right background. The aircraft is a Douglas R4D. Photographed by AF3c R.A. Hoer..Credit: NAVY.

Four U.S. Navy minesweepers (AMS) tied up at Yokosuka, Japan, following mine clearance activities off Korea. Original photo is dated 30 November 1950. These four ships, all units of Mine Division 31, are (from left to right): USS Merganser (AMS-26); USS Osprey (AMS-28); USS Chatterer (AMS-40) and USS Mockingbird (AMS-27). Ship in the extreme left background is USS Wantuck (APD-125).Credit: NAVY.

Four U.S. Navy minesweepers (AMS) tied up at Yokosuka, Japan, following mine clearance activities off Korea. Original photo is dated 30 November 1950. These four ships, all units of Mine Division 31, are (from left to right): USS Merganser (AMS-26); USS Osprey (AMS-28); USS Chatterer (AMS-40) and USS Mockingbird (AMS-27). Ship in the extreme left background is USS Wantuck (APD-125).Credit: NAVY.

Four U.S. Navy minesweepers (AMS) tied up at Yokosuka, Japan, following mine clearance activities off Korea. Original photo is dated 30 November 1950. These four ships, all units of Mine Division 31, are (from left to right): USS Merganser (AMS-26); USS Osprey (AMS-28); USS Chatterer (AMS-40) and USS Mockingbird (AMS-27). Ship in the extreme left background is USS Wantuck (APD-125).Credit: NAVY.

Four U.S. Navy minesweepers (AMS) tied up at Yokosuka, Japan, following mine clearance activities off Korea. Original photo is dated 30 November 1950. These four ships, all units of Mine Division 31, are (from left to right): USS Merganser (AMS-26); USS Osprey (AMS-28); USS Chatterer (AMS-40) and USS Mockingbird (AMS-27). Ship in the extreme left background is USS Wantuck (APD-125).Credit: NAVY.

Is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during the Guadalcanal Campaign, 15 September 1942. USS Wasp (CV-7), torpedoed a few minutes earlier, is burning in the left distance. O'Brien was hit in the extreme bow, but "whipping" from the torpedo explosion caused serious damage to her hull amidships, leading to her loss on 19 October 1942, while she was en route back to the United States for repairs.Credit: NAVY.

Off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during World War I. In the extreme left background is USS Emerald (SP-177).Credit: NAVY.

French civilians repairing road in Hooge, Belgium, after battle--The land is one succession of shell craters, now filled with water--Ruins of Ypres in the extreme distance.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Economic History

Democratic Republic of Congo

High mountains are found in the extreme eastern region. (references)

Ukraine

The region was under the control of the Austrians in the extreme west and of the Russians elsewhere. (references)

Egypt

In the extreme, some of these people literally operate out of their homes and have neither office nor staff, but they can be effective. (references)

Political Economy

CHILE

However, income derived from certain regions of Chile located in the extreme north and south is exempt from corporate tax. (references)

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Albanian

në shkallën më të lartë (furthest), në nivel më të lartë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏الى أبعد الحدود (extremely). (various references)

Finnish

äärimmäisen (. . in the extreme, extremely). (various references)

French

extrêmement, dans l'extrême. (various references)

Hebrew 

מאו�" מאו�" (enormously, extremely, very much). (various references)

Hungarian

végtelenül (beyond measure, hugely, without end), módfelett (beyond measure, consumedly), mérték nélkül (exceeding, inordinately), legvégső esetben, igen nagyon. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

極まり無い (boundless, extremely), 極まりない (boundless, extremely). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きわまりない (boundless, extreme, extremely, limitless). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay ethay extremeay

Russian 

чрезвычайно (capitally, confoundedly, damnably, deadly, enormously, exceedingly, extraordinarily, extremely, highly, immensely, increasingly, like smth., mightily, plenty, ripping, the worst kind, utterly), в высшей степени (highly, remarkably, superlatively, supremely). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ekstremno (extreme: in the extreme, extremely, in extremis). (various references)

Spanish

en sumo grado. (various references)

Swedish

i högsta grad (exceedingly, to the full), ytterst (exceedingly, extreme, extremely, farthest, furthermost, furthest, last, most, outermost, outmost, outside, uterly, utmost, utterly, very). (various references)

Turkish

son derece (all-fired, almighty, arrant, awfully, beyond measure, cruelly, damn, damned, darned, deadly, deeply, desperately, dire, direful, exceedingly, exceptionally, extreme, extremely, extremity, highly, immensely, in the highest degree, infinitely, intense, intensely, jolly, last, out and out, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, strongly, sublime, terribly, thundering, to the nth degree, to the utmost, unco, utmost, uttermost, veriest, with a vengeance), aşırı derecede (extremely, heartily, heavily, intensely, overly, parlous, plethoric, riotous, unco, unduly). (various references)

Ukranian 

вкрай (amain, badly, dead, densely, enormously, horribly, real, really, sorely, thumping), надзвичайно (almighty, amain, anxiously, as anything, awfully, deadly, densely, dreadfully, eminently, enormously, exceedingly, extremely, grossly, highly, hugely, in great measure, jolly, mighty, most, passing, regular, remarkably, ripping, sevenfold, severely, to the utmost, very much, woundily). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: extermine.

-4 letters: theremin, thermite, thirteen.

-5 letters: emetine, emitter, eremite, externe, extreme, hexerei, neither, nettier, teenier, teether, tentier, termite, therein.

+3 letters: hyperexcitement.

+4 letters: hyperexcitements.

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