utmostly

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English

Etymology

From utmost +‎ -ly.

Adverb

utmostly (not comparable)

  1. To the utmost.
    • 1920, Jack London, Hearts of Three, Kessinger, published 2003, →ISBN, page 23:
      "Better be very careful and utmostly cautious, sir," the negro warned him.
    • 1953, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, Foundations Of The World Republic, page 174:
      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 []
    • 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 113:
      Mike seemed about to weep. "Jubal, I am utmostly sorry."

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