to the lowest degree

1. 1.

   used to form the superlative

   “The garter snake is the least dangerous snake”

   Synonymsleast

Questions about to the lowest degree

What does to the lowest degree mean?

to the lowest degree means "used to form the superlative".

What is another word for to the lowest degree?

Close synonyms include least. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is to the lowest degree a common word?

to the lowest degree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.