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exceedingly

American  
[ik-see-ding-lee] / ɪkˈsi dɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. to an unusual degree; very; extremely.

    The children were doing exceedingly well in school.

Etymology

Origin of exceedingly

1425–75; late Middle English. See exceeding, -ly

Example Sentences

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It’s exceedingly rare for an artist to feel this free, doing what feels right in the moment and trusting his audience to come along with him.

From The Wall Street Journal

The unemployment rate is still exceedingly low at 4.4%, and the number of people who applied for jobless benefits last week was even lower than it was one year ago.

From MarketWatch

Weekly jobless claims also remained near an exceedingly low level of 212,000 for the seven days that ended last Saturday.

From MarketWatch

That’s an exceedingly low level historically and reflects how few layoffs are taking place in the economy.

From MarketWatch

As is popular in the genre, her videos are broken into segments that involve a mix of direct instruction, interactive conversation and exceedingly catchy sing-alongs.

From Los Angeles Times

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