existing in a very high degree
extreme poverty
going to great or exaggerated lengths; not moderate
an extreme right-winger
exceeding the usual or expected; severe
extreme measures
situated at the farthest possible point from a centre or the nearest to an end
the extreme north of the country
most advanced or thoroughgoing
the extreme avant-garde
maximum
the extreme penalty
extremely adv
extremeness noun
[Middle English via Old French from Latin extremus, superl of exter, exterus: see exterior1]