单词 | to be in extreme |
释义 | > as lemmasto be in extreme 1. quasi-n. The adj. used absol.; only in phrases, in (the) extreme: in an extreme degree, extremely. †to be in extreme: to be at the extreme stage of some state or condition. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > extremely like mada1375 with a mischief1538 (as) — as anything1542 with a vengeance1568 with a siserary1607 (to be pleased) to a feathera1616 in (the) extremea1616 with the vengeance1693 to a degree1740 like hell1776 like the devil1791 like winky1830 like billy-o1885 (like) seven shades of ——1919 like a bandit1943 on wheels1943 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 355 Of one..Perplext in the extreame . View more context for this quotation a1711 T. Ken Sion iii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 390 Fond Love..Is ever in Extreme. 1780 W. Cowper Let. 8 May (1979) I. 339 I am Delighted..in the Extreme. 1790 Norman & Bertha I. 67 Elevated, but not in extreme, by their bacchanalian offering [etc.]. 1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 13 Sept. 660 The labourers houses..beggarly in the extreme. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xlv. 427 This dismissal, ungracious in the extreme..excited..exasperation. < as lemmas |
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