Used to form the superlative.
1 From the highest degree of passionate love to the lowest degree of good-will, they make the sweetness of life.
2 Carriages, whether public or private, had rarely any heating, and places of public assembly were always chilly to the lowest degree .
3 When reduced to the lowest degree of languishment by a consumption, I could not forbear looking upon her almost every hour.
4 In this company were all classes of society and all grades of intelligence, from the most cultured scholars to the lowest degree of illiteracy.
5 She interested herself much in those who were related to her, even to the lowest degree , and wore mourning for them, however far removed.
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