ad extremumadv.
/ˌad ᵻkˈstriːməm/, /ˌad ɛkˈstreɪməm/, U.S. /ˌæd ɪkˈstriməm/, /ˌæd ɛkˈstreɪməm/ To the ultimate extent or degree; excessively. Also: to or at the end; at last, finally.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adverb]
afinec1325
finallyc1374
conclusively1638
ad extremum1640
eventually1667
last1667
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > in the greatest degree or most > in or to the highest degree
principallyc1390
speciallya1425
consummately1529
extremelya1533
out1555
pre-eminently1590
superlatively1596
supremely1597
supereminently1610
super-superlatively1632
ad extremum1640
highest1726
supernally1874
1640 J. Sadler Masquarade du Ciel 36 Suspension..Comes not from Will (strictly so taken) Which of it selfe would still Act ad extremum.
1773 Morning Chron. & London Advertiser 24 Nov. The annual interest money on their subscriptions to be divided amongst the remaining survivors, and so on ad extremum.
1880 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 11 Nov. The Legislature might at least enjoy the consciousness of following ad extremum in the line of illustrious precedents.
1911 H. C. Hansbrough Second Amendment xxvi. 302 She folded Enid to her breast, kissing her cheeks, the grateful tears falling ad extremum.
1984 R. Vanikar Corridors to Communication (1994) 77 Michelangelo, who in his Sistine ceiling develops the conscious imprisonment of colossal forms in a tight space ad extremum.
2001 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 3 Jan. (Literary & Bks. section) 4 Yet he does not push his cause ad extremum, blindly, fanatically.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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