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How to pronounce extremity in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms appendage, member
Type of external body part
Has types swimmeret, pleopod, pincer, parapodium, chela, chelicera, claw, dactyl, digit, nipper, mouthpart, limb, fang, fin
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Type of adversity, hard knocks, hardship
Has types bitter end
Derivation extreme
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Type of external body part
Has types vertebrate foot, finger, hand, mitt, pedal extremity, paw, toe, manus
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Type of ultimacy, ultimateness
Derivation extreme


the extremity of despair.
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Type of part, region
Has types boundary, bound, extreme point, end, terminal, limit, extreme, extremum, bounds
Derivation extreme

Examples of extremity

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Then we looked at how that correlated with stress in the upper extremity joints.
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In extremity, this maxim can be a rationalized affirmation for heinous activity.
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The extremity of the location is one of the most memorable aspects of the novel.
From the guardian.co.uk
For the Egyptians it marked the northern extremity of Amurru, east of Phoenicia.
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It's from this extremity that you may glimpse the island's historic lighthouse.
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For a company that prizes extremity above all, I think they got this about right.
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One gets the feeling that Barba is at the far extremity of the addiction scale.
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Lara wins on visceral sporting elegance and also on the extremity of his peaks.
From the guardian.co.uk
Trafalgar Square was built at its northern extremity in the early 19th century.
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  • An external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
  • An extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)
  • The greatest or utmost degree; "the extremity of despair"
  • The outermost or farthest region or point
  • That part of a limb that is farthest from the torso
  • An appendage in the broadest sense is an additional or subsidiary part existing on, or added to, something which can generally still function if the appendage has never existed or is later provided or grown, or will still perform a primary function if the appendage is removed.
  • (Extremities (film)) Extremities is a 1986 film starring Farrah Fawcett, Alfre Woodard, Diana Scarwid and James Russo. It was adapted from the successful, yet controversial, 1982 off-Broadway play by William Mastrosimone. ...
  • The most extreme or furthest point of something; An extreme measure; A hand or foot
  • (extremities) Appendages of the body such as the upper extremities (shoulders, upper arms, forearms, wrists, hands) and the lower extremities (thighs, legs, ankles, feet).