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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

utmostly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English utmost Middle English -ly English -ly English utmostly From utmost + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) To the utmost.
    • Mike seemed about to weep. "Jubal, I am utmostly sorry." 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 113:
    • "Better be very careful and utmostly cautious, sir," the negro warned him. 1920, Jack London, Hearts of Three, Kessinger, published 2003, →ISBN, page 23:
    • The operation, however, by which the utmostly unfair deal entailed by utmost legality is nullified, cannot be successful at a lesser price than the infliction of an unfair deal on standard legality […] 1953, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, Foundations Of The World Republic, page 174:

Synonyms

exceedingly (to the utmost) · most (to the utmost) · profoundly (to the utmost) · extremely (to the utmost) · entirely (to the utmost) · absolutely (to the utmost) · utterly (to the utmost)