extreme
/ɪkˈstɹim/ adjective B1- Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost. · At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.
- In the greatest or highest degree; intense. · He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.
- Excessive, or far beyond the norm. · His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.
- Drastic, or of great severity.
- Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment. · Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.
Comparative extremer · Superlative extremest
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He was not generally popular among the undergraduates, though it always seemed to me that what was set down as pride was really an attempt to cover extreme natural diffidence.
“You’ve done pretty well, I must say, Anne,” said Marilla, trying to hide her extreme pride in Anne from Mrs.
“You needn’t rush to any extreme of killing yourself over your books.
Hence the extreme importance of Porlock.
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