nth degree
To the max
The nth degree is the utmost extent or limit of something.
In mathematics, n represents an unspecified number in a sequence, so the nth degree suggests pushing to whatever extreme is required.
She analyzed the data to the nth degree.
The phrase usually implies exhaustive, perhaps excessive, thoroughness: He's organized to the nth degree.
- exponentSuperscript showing power
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- to the maxAt full capacity
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- peakUtmost height attained
extreme measures · exaggeration · precision · fine tuned · zenith · superlative · amplification · mastery · apex · hyperbole · polynomial · pinnacle · culmination · supremacy · coefficient · derivative · thoroughness · integral
- math expressionsdo the math, add up, crunch numbers, number crunching, number cruncher
nth degreeminimum
Smallest possible quantity
bare minimum · moderation · halfway · minimally · barely
nth degreesuperficially
At surface level only
partially · incompletely · halfheartedly · cursorily · perfunctorily