Used to form the superlative.
1 Everything about him, stomach and brain, were overexcited to the highest degree .
2 She simply made men conscious to the highest degree of her physical loveliness.
3 The other is to carry one of these excellences to the highest degree .
4 He had to the highest degree every element of effective speech.
5 He had their intellectual and moral qualities carried to the highest degree of superiority.
6 The scene, as related, is pathetic to the highest degree .
7 Her ringing, merry laugh was cheering to the highest degree .
8 Coralie is astonished to the highest degree over Florine's loss.
9 The couvade is developed to the highest degree in South America and the West Indies.
10 Where it succeeds black locust combines many of the desirable qualities to the highest degree .
11 Reasoning is the art of developing, to the highest degree , the suppositions resulting from deduction.
12 Another symptom alarmed the reporter to the highest degree .
13 A woman beautiful and alive to the highest degree .
14 It was a laugh of mirth, relief and triumph, all carried to the highest degree .
15 Thus Posterity are taught to look upon these Voyages as hazardous to the highest degree .
16 In the Windy City the department stores-thatmammoth of modern commerce-isdeveloped to the highest degree .
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