exceedingly
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4.6
- adverb
- /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/
- She was exceedingly happy to receive the good news.
- exceedingly difficult
- exceedingly rare
- exceedingly slow
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Watch on YouTubeMy old house was exceedingly dark except for one room.
- My old house was exceedingly dark except for one room.
- There are people who are exceedingly sensitive to things that other people are not.
- They played their parts exceedingly well, thus inspiring millions.
- It was exceedingly high above safe levels according to them.
- Rothys are, well, they're they're exceedingly comfortable.
- Everybody thinks you are doing exceedingly well.
- They do the combined arms, infantry, artillery, tank warfare exceedingly well.
Examples
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And for some folks, that is exceedingly difficult.
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In that respect you are exceedingly fortunate.
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That is, I think, exceedingly dangerous for us.
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My old house was exceedingly dark except for one room.
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And for whatever reason he is, he is so exceedingly busy that I can never quite get a conversation going with him.
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Their construction should be exceedingly simple, I think.
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There are people who are exceedingly sensitive to things that other people are not.
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I like this fellow exceedingly.
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I am exceedingly sorry, Princess.
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Changing the conceptualization of water in practice is an exceedingly slow process.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a large degree
∞
3.5
Very, showing strong feeling or excellent quality
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
∞
1.0
To a very high degree, often about skill or rank
855
2.3
To a very great degree
340
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
312
1.0
By a very large amount
249
2.0
To a greater degree than usual
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
112
3.1
To a very large degree
107
3.5
To a very large degree
97
3.0
By a very large amount
94
2.7
To a very great degree
92
2.1
To a very great degree
73
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
69
3.5
To a very large degree
51
3.9
To a very great degree
49
3.4
To a great degree
31
3.5
In large amounts that are more than enough
25
4.5
To a very high degree
21
4.8
In very large amounts, often more than needed
18
3.5
To a very great degree
17
5.7
Very, to a high level
16
5.2
To a very great degree
16
7.4
To a very large degree
12
3.6
To a very high degree
10
5.4
To a very great degree that you cannot count
8
5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
1
4.9
In a way that is much better than usual and impresses people
1
7.6
By a very large amount that cannot be measured
1
8.4
To a very high degree
1
9.8
So great that you cannot find words to describe it
1
7.0
To a very high degree, showing excellent quality
Antonyms
How Extreme
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Exceedingly comes from the verb exceed, made of ex- 'out' and -ceed 'go', like exit and proceed. So to do something exceedingly is to go 'beyond' the usual limit, which is why it means 'extremely'.