Meanings
comparative more extremely · superlative most extremely · alternative obsolete extreamely · alternative obsolete extreamly
- degreeTo an extreme degree.
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Synonyms & antonyms
adverbTo an extreme degree.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbto a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
adverbto an extreme degree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishextreme
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishextremely
Translations
Bengali প্রচণ্ড
- প্রচণ্ড (proconḍo)to an extreme degree
Bulgarian кра́йно
- кра́йно (krájno)to an extreme degree
Catalan extremadament
- extremadamentto an extreme degree
Chinese Mandarin 非常, 極其 /极其
- 非常 (fēicháng)to an extreme degree
- 極其 /极其 (jíqí)to an extreme degree
- 極 /极 (jí)to an extreme degree
- 極度 /极度 (jídù)to an extreme degree
- 極了 /极了 (jíle)to an extreme degree
Czech extrémně
- extrémněto an extreme degree
Danish ekstrem, vældig
- ekstremto an extreme degree
- vældigto an extreme degree
- enormto an extreme degree
Dutch uitermate, extreem
- uitermateto an extreme degree
- extreemto an extreme degree
Esperanto treege, ekstreme
- treegeto an extreme degree
- ekstremeto an extreme degree
Finnish äärimmäisen, erittäin
- äärimmäisento an extreme degree
- erittäinto an extreme degree
French extrêmement, vachement
- extrêmementto an extreme degree
- vachementto an extreme degree
German extrem, äußerst
- extremto an extreme degree
- äußerstto an extreme degree
- krassto an extreme degree
Greek άκρως
- άκρως (ákros)to an extreme degree
Hungarian rendkívül
- rendkívülto an extreme degree
Irish cumasach, rí-
- cumasachto an extreme degree
- rí-to an extreme degree
Italian estremamente
- estremamenteto an extreme degree
Japanese 極端に, 随分
- 極端に (kyokutan ni)to an extreme degree
- 随分 (zuibun)to an extreme degree
- 非常に (hijō ni)to an extreme degree
Latin perquam
- perquamto an extreme degree
Māori hītararī
- hītararīto an extreme degree
Polish niezwykle, ekstremalnie
- niezwykleto an extreme degree
- ekstremalnieto an extreme degree
Portuguese extremamente
- extremamenteto an extreme degree
Romanian în mod extrem
- în mod extremto an extreme degree
Russian чрезвыча́йно, кра́йне
- чрезвыча́йно (črezvyčájno)to an extreme degree
- кра́йне (krájne)to an extreme degree
- экстрема́льно (ekstremálʹno)to an extreme degree
Spanish extremadamente, sumamente
- extremadamenteto an extreme degree
- sumamenteto an extreme degree
- hartoto an extreme degree
- extremamenteto an extreme degree
Swedish extremt
- extremtto an extreme degree
Tamil மகா
- மகா (makā)to an extreme degree
Ukrainian вкрай
- вкрай (vkraj)to an extreme degree
Vietnamese vô cùng, tột bậc
- vô cùngto an extreme degree
- tột bậcto an extreme degree
- tột bựcto an extreme degree
- tột cùngto an extreme degree
- hết sứcto an extreme degree
- cực độto an extreme degree
Cite this entry
extremely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extremely
“extremely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extremely. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extremely,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extremely.
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