to the nth degree
As extreme as possible
To the nth degree means to the utmost extent or extreme.
The phrase borrows from mathematics, where *n* represents an indefinitely large number.
She's organized to the nth degree.
They analyzed every detail to the nth degree.
The expression emphasizes thoroughness, intensity, or excess—pushing something as far as it can possibly go.
- flawlessEntirely without fault
- extremeFurthest from moderate
- over the topExcessively theatrical or extreme
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- through the roofAt extreme levels
taken to extremes · no holds barred · exponentiation · infinity · ultimate · all the way · the whole nine yards · peak · apex · pinnacle · ideal · factorial · zenith · amplified · maximal · culmination · asymptote · polynomial
to the nth degreebarely
Only just, almost not
hardly · slightly · minimally · moderately · somewhat
to the nth degreepartially
To an incomplete extent
incompletely · in part · superficially · cursorily · perfunctorily