Definition of To the lowest degree

1. Adverb. Used to form the superlative. "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake"

Exact synonyms: Least
Antonyms: Most

Lexicographical Neighbors of To The Lowest Degree

to the T
to the best of one's knowledge
to the brim
to the contrary
to the day
to the death
to the fore
to the full
to the gills
to the gunnels
to the highest degree
to the hilt
to the last
to the letter
to the limit
to the lowest degree (current term)
to the manner born
to the max
to the moon
to the north
to the point
to the point(p)
to the power of
to the quick
to the rescue
to the south
to the tee
to the tonsils
to the tune of
to the victor go the spoils

Literary usage of To the lowest degree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Evenings with a Reviewer: Or, Macaulay and Bacon by James Spedding (1881)
"... so to cover them that they were not taken notice of to his reproach,— viz. a narrowness in his nature to the lowest degree,—an abject- ness and want of ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: Band by Graham Willmore, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Frederick Luard Wollaston, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Henry Davison (1839)
"... to the lowest degree of probability, upon which it is found to be unsafe to act, it may be and constantly is submitted. From continued and habitual ..."

3. English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations. Drawn from by George Crabb (1863)
"... than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great fault#,that is, a narrow* nese in hie nature to the lowest degree, ..."

4. An Oral Debate on the Coming of the Son of Man, Endless Punishment, and by Erasmus Manford, Benjamin Franklin (1848)
"He has not only neglected to do good, which the gentleman admits will subject him to the lowest degree in glory, but he has added to this all the evil ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1853)
"From the highest degree of certainty, carrying with it perfect assurance and conviction, to the lowest degree of probability upon which it is found to be ..."

6. An Oral Debate on the Coming of the Son of Man, Endless Punishment, and by Erasmus Manford, Benjamin Franklin (1848)
"... which the gentleman admits • will subject him to the lowest degree in glory, but he has added to this all the evil action he could, which will, ..."

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