utmostly

English

Etymology

utmost +‎ -ly

Adverb

utmostly (not comparable)

To the utmost.
- 1920, Jack London, Hearts of Three‎, Kessinger, published 2003, →ISBN, page 23:
  "Better be very careful and utmostly cautious, sir," the negro warned him.
- 1953, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, Foundations Of The World Republic‎, page 174:
  The operation, however, by which the utmostly unfair deal entailed by utmost legality is nullified, cannot be successful at a lesser price than the infliction of an unfair deal on standard legality […]
- 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 113:
  Mike seemed about to weep. "Jubal, I am utmostly sorry."

Synonyms

(to the utmost): entirely, absolutely, utterly; profoundly, extremely, exceedingly, most

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