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Definition of extremity :
1. One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.
2. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.
3. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.
4. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form.
Synonyms:
limb, finish, completion, utmost, process, purpose, outgrowth, conclusion, design, crisis, period, finger, fulfilment, consequence, foot, politics, consummation, emergency, safety, appendage, goal, uttermost, close, toe, expiration, effect, finale, hand, penis, cessation, phallus, member, outside, termination, result, intent, outcome, issue, accomplishment, finis, achievement, extent, point, flash point, bound, fellow member
edge (part of speech: noun)
periphery, precipice, brim, curb, outline, coast, perimeter, margin, fence, sharpness, frontier limit, side, verge, ring
summit (part of speech: noun)
pinnacle, summit, brow, climax, highest point, cap, peak, culmination, crest, top, crown, topmost point, uppermost point, tip
limit (part of speech: noun)
confines, end, apex, maximum, restriction, fringe, brink, edge, terminus, border, cutoff, limit, rim, bounds, limitation, zenith, boundary, acme, deadline
Usage examples:
- It bears 9 degrees south of west from a peculiar red sandhill that is visible from any of the hills at the western extremity of the Rawlinson Range; and lies in a flat or hollow between the said red sandhill, and the nearest of a few low stony hills, about four miles farther away to the west. - "Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration Australia Twice Traversed. The Romance Of Exploration, Being A Narrative Compiled From The Journals Of Five Exploring Expeditions Into And Through Central South Australia, And Western Australia, From 1", Ernest Giles.
- Mary Flaw always assumed the place of honour, on the left extremity of the front bench, immediately opposite my Father. - "Father and Son", Edmund Gosse.
- And if it was, should he not be justified in going to any extremity for revenge? - "M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."", G.J. Whyte-Melville.