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in the extreme

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in the extreme

To a very great or excessive degree.
It was rude in the extreme to act the way he did at the funeral.

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People are attracted to people of high reproductive and genetic potential -the healthy, the fit and the powerful. The consequences of this fact, which goes under the name of sexual selection, are bizarre in the extreme. Matt Ridley

Let ISIS take out Assad, he said, and then we can pick up the remnants. Think about that: Let the most dangerous terror organization the world has ever known take over a country? This is recklessness in the extreme. Mitt Romney

The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme. John Buford

Justice in the extreme is often unjust. Jean Racine

Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person. Bill Nighy

Nobody has trusted the Iranian government from day one, but the idea of just refusing to have any kind of talks is dangerous in the extreme. Every administration says at least that we're trying to have talks between Israel and Palestine and solve the Middle East peace problem. Douglas Brinkley

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