in the extreme
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."