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Definition of To the lowest degree
1. Adverb. Used to form the superlative. "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake"
Lexicographical Neighbors of To The Lowest Degree
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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