altgrade

Etymology
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Adverb

 * 1) to a high degree, highly
 * 2) * L. L. Zamenhof (translator), “Fluganta kofro” (“The Flying Trunk”) in Fabeloj Book 1, by Hans Christian Andersen,
 * “Mi trovas tion plej altgrade nekonvena,” esprimis sian opinion la tekaldrono, kiu plenumadis la oficon de kuireja kantisto kaj estis duonfrato de la samovaro, “ke oni aǔskultu fremdan birdon. [...]”
 * ‘I think it highly improper (lit. improper to the highest degree),’ said the tea-kettle, who was kitchen singer, and half-brother to the tea-urn, ‘that a rich foreign bird should be listened to here. [...]’
 * 1) * Willy van Zoest (translator), Blua Sango by Billy Wood, Chapter 2,
 * Sed la maljuna grafo estis altgrade, necedeble fiera [...]
 * But the old count was highly, unyieldingly proud [...]