ex·treme Pronunciation: \ik-?str?m\
1 a: existing in a very high degree <extreme poverty> b: going to great or exaggerated lengths : radical <went on an extreme diet> c: exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected <extreme weather conditions
"Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather extreme lengths; their apparent unconcern and cruelty are but ways, known only to themselves, of feeling more strongly than others.”
– Marquis De Sade