exceedingly

English

Etymology

exceeding +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧ceed‧ing‧ly

Adverb

exceedingly (not comparable)

1. To 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 […]

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

     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.

   • 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith‎^[1], Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, page 10:

     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.

Translations

extremely

• Finnish: erittäin (fi), ylen (fi), perin (fi), tavattoman, varsin (fi)
• French: extrêmement (fr), énormément (fr)
• Galician: asás, ben (gl), abondo (gl), farto, cóngruo
• German: überaus (de), äußerst (de), außerordentlich (de), ungemein (de), über alle Maßen
• Greek: σφόδρα (el) (sfódra), υπερβολικά (el) (ypervoliká), υπέρμετρα (el) (ypérmetra)

  Ancient Greek: σφόδρα (sphódra), ὑπερφυῶς (huperphuôs)

• Hungarian: rendkívül (hu)
• Latin: perquam
• Polish: niezmiernie (pl), nadzwyczaj (pl)
• Romanian: extrem (ro) m or n
• Spanish: extremadamente (es), sumamente (es), sobremanera (es), asaz (es)
• Swedish: ytterst (sv), oerhört (sv), synnerligen (sv)