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