exceptionably

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adverb

In an exceptionable manner.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

adverbexceptionably (comparative more exceptionably, superlative most exceptionably)

comparative more exceptionably · superlative most exceptionably

  1. In an exceptionable manner.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  8. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  9. Latincapiō
  10. Latinexcipiō
  11. Latinexceptiō
  12. Old Frenchexcepcion
  13. Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
  14. Middle Englishexception
  15. Englishexception
  16. Englishexceptionable
  17. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  18. Proto-Germanic*līką
  19. Englishexceptionably

From exceptionable + -ly.

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APA

exceptionably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionably

MLA

“exceptionably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionably. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exceptionably,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionably.

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