in the extreme

English

Prepositional phrase

in the extreme

  1. To a very great or excessive degree.
    It was rude in the extreme to act the way he did at the funeral.
    • 1957 August, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 574:
      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.
    • 2024 November 14, Phil McNulty, “'A night of redemption for Carsley offers real hope for Tuchel'”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      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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