utmostly

adv

utmostly

adv

Etymology From utmost + -ly.

1

To the utmost.

  • "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:
1 more example
  • 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:
Synonyms
entirely, absolutely, utterly, profoundly, extremely, exceedingly, most

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