extremely
∞
1.0
- adverb
- /ɪkˈstrimli/
- The weather today is extremely hot, so make sure to stay hydrated.
- extremely important
- extremely difficult
- extremely hard
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- But I can tell you it's extremely common with men, OK.
- There's a lot of men who are extremely loyal, faithful men.
- He's all he's always been extremely nice, very kind.
- And so it was an extremely eye opening journey.
- They had, however, one extremely notable loss this week.
- So you know, they're extremely reluctant to do that.
- So AI is a tool, an extremely smart tool.
- Was one Gev an extremely high energy?
- And, you know, it was an extremely dark time of my life.
Examples
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This must be an extremely difficult time.
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So this is something that's extremely relevant.
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But no, it's just extremely cold and I love it.
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But you can work extremely hard and not work smart.
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And, you know, it was an extremely dark time of my life.
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And as you know, health can be extremely expensive.
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I must say it's gone extremely well.
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If there was one thing they did extremely well, it was that.
Academic text (2011) -
Usually around October things get extremely hectic at work or school.
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"All I can say is that the meeting was extremely rewarding for me," Marissa said.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
∞
3.5
Very, showing strong feeling or excellent quality
∞
1.0
To a very high degree, often about skill or rank
855
2.3
To a very great degree
392
1.4
To a very great degree, often before words like cold or sad
340
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
312
1.0
By a very large amount
243
3.6
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
222
4.1
In a very bad or serious way
140
3.4
By a large amount
132
4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
123
4.9
To a large degree
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
87
3.1
In a very strong or focused way
73
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
69
3.5
To a very large degree
54
4.6
To a very great degree
51
3.9
To a very great degree
49
3.4
To a great degree
41
4.4
Adds emphasis to say something is very strong
25
4.5
To a very high degree
18
3.5
To a very great degree
16
3.5
To a large degree
16
5.2
To a very great degree
16
7.4
To a very large degree
15
6.2
Extremely in a very strong, usually negative, way
15
8.0
To a very great degree
10
5.4
To a very great degree that you cannot count
10
2.3
Totally and without any doubt
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
1
7.6
By a very large amount that cannot be measured
1
7.0
To a very high degree, showing excellent quality
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.8
Radio waves below 3 kilohertz that scientists and the military use for long-distance communication and measurement
- Specialized
1
4.5
A range of very high radio waves used for microwave and satellite signals
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Extremely comes from extreme, which comes from the root extra meaning 'outside' or 'beyond'. So if something is extremely good or dangerous, it is pushed 'beyond' the usual limit — in other words, 'very much'.