exceedingly
adverb
- to a very great degree
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Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsidɪŋli/ / /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English exceeding Middle English -ly English -ly English exceedingly From exceeding + -ly.
- To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely
“1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter II. "Stage-coach Views", page 16. This coach was an exceedingly narrow one […]”
“I gasped and nearly sank to the ground, for I knew that such a situation must result in some dreadful tragedy, of which it seemed exceedingly probable to me that I should be the first victim.”