maximal
adjective
of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
maximally
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a word derived from
maximal.
Example Sentences
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For many years, the Kondo effect was thought to mainly suppress magnetism by locking spins into singlets, a maximally entangled state with zero total spin.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026
“I always want to do the maximally ambitious thing I can think of and make the biggest impact possible,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2025
That alone would be remarkable, since prosecutors get to present the facts in a way that’s maximally damning to the defendant and insist that factual disputes be sorted out at trial.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2025
“The biggest and best cloud seeding operations we’ve seen to date have produced tens of millions — and maximally like 100 million — gallons of precipitation,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
During the short period Clare had with each wandering soul, he liked to make sure his questions were maximally efficient.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
