单词 | at the utmost |
释义 | > as lemmasat the utmost (†at utmost) 5. at the utmost (†at utmost), at the very most in respect of time, quantity, etc. Cf. most adj. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at (very) most at (the) mostc1300 at the largea1398 at uttermost1530 at the utmost (at utmost)1619 at the outside1852 1619 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 143 15 dayes stay there, or 20 at uttmost. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xi. 7) 96 [He] beautified it, or, at utmost, inlarged it. 1722 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth (ed. 3) iii. iii. 247 The Modern Age of Men at the utmost is not 80. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. at Vultur The head..has, at the utmost, only a downy matter on it. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 418 At the utmost it was in the discretion of the Court. < as lemmas |
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