exceedingly

[ ik-see-ding-lee ]

/ ɪkˈsi dɪŋ li /

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adverb

to an unusual degree; very; extremely: The children were doing exceedingly well in school.

Nearby words

excavation of optic disk, excavator, exceed, exceedance, exceeding, exceedingly, excel, excellence, excellency, excellent, excelsior

Origin of exceedingly

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

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Examples from the Web for exceedingly

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Under normal circumstances, the success of a friend always made me exceedingly happy and proud.
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But the probability of a state or a state-like entity defaulting is exceedingly, exceedingly low.
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The records of the proceedings in the various State conventions are exceedingly meagre.
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She was slight and, as I found afterward, for a woman very tall and exceedingly graceful.
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It is exceedingly clever, but altogether too true, in my opinion, for real art.
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The night on which we entered the Gulf Stream, off the coast of the Carolinas, the weather was exceedingly suspicious.
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She was also exceedingly contemptuous in manner as to anything approaching flirtation with the few cavaliers of Wilbarger.
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British Dictionary definitions for exceedingly

exceedingly

/ (ɪkˈsiːdɪŋlɪ) /

adverb

to a very great or unusual degree; extremely; exceptionally

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exceedingly

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