exceedingly

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US/ɪkˈsidɪŋli/UK/ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/

adverb

To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely.

Less commonScrabble 25

Meanings

adverbexceedingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTo 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 […]

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    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.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

    It is an exceedingly easy thing for a Governor or a President to go along with the drift of the tide, to veto vicious legislation, to give honest administration, to lead a perfectly peaceful life, and to avoid criticism or attack. Of such are the hundreds of forgotten Governors and the dozens of Presidents whom we have to look up in a history book.

    1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith, Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, page 10

    Examples abound regarding how firms are using blockchains to enhance cybersecurity; after all, at its most basic level, it is an open source code that can be downloaded and run by anyone, for free. Due to these exceedingly low barriers to entry, this technology has the potential to unleash coinless cybersecurity applications. Already, Marc Andreesen, a venture capitalist, has invested more than $50 million in blockchain technologies.

    2016 November 23, Scott Shackelford, Steve Myers, “Block-by-Block: Leveraging the Power of Blockchain Technology to Build Trust and Promote Cyber Peace”, in Yale Journal of Law and Technology (2017 Forthcoming) / Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 16-85, →DOI, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2026, page 22 / 355

    American Eagle released a campaign starring the exceedingly charismatic actress Sydney Sweeney.

    2025 August 2, Scottie Andrew, Leah Asmelash, Harmeet Kaur, “What has America learned from the Sydney Sweeney situation? We asked the experts”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2026

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbto an extreme degree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Ancient Greek σφόδρα, ὑπερφυῶς
  • σφόδρα (sphódra)extremely
  • ὑπερφυῶς (huperphuôs)extremely
Esperanto treege
  • treegeextremely
Finnish erittäin, ylen
  • erittäinextremely
  • ylenextremely
  • perinextremely
  • tavattomanextremely
  • varsinextremely
French extrêmement, énormément
  • extrêmementextremely
  • énormémentextremely
German überaus, äußerst
  • überausextremely
  • äußerstextremely
  • außerordentlichextremely
  • ungemeinextremely
  • über alle Maßenextremely
Greek σφόδρα, υπερβολικά
  • σφόδρα (sfódra)extremely
  • υπερβολικά (ypervoliká)extremely
  • υπέρμετρα (ypérmetra)extremely
Hungarian rendkívül
  • rendkívülextremely
Irish rí-
  • rí-extremely
Latin perquam
  • perquamextremely
Polish niezmiernie, nadzwyczaj
  • niezmiernieextremely
  • nadzwyczajextremely
Romanian extrem
  • extremextremely
Spanish extremadamente, sumamente
  • extremadamenteextremely
  • sumamenteextremely
  • sobremaneraextremely
  • asazextremely
  • excedentementeextremely
  • excedientementeextremely
Swedish ytterst, oerhört
  • ytterstextremely
  • oerhörtextremely
  • synnerligenextremely
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APA

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MLA

“exceedingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceedingly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exceedingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceedingly.

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