exceedingly
adverb
ex·ceed·ing·ly
ik-ˈsē-diŋ-lē 
variants
or less commonly exceeding
: to an extreme degree : extremely
Synonyms
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of exceedingly in a Sentence
The weather was exceedingly cold.
The crime rate is exceedingly high.
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Annual rent declines are exceedingly rare, and the last two — in 2002 and 2009 — were both tied to major economic downturns.
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
Rudy Gobert In their primes, of course, that team would play some truly funky and exceedingly awesome basketball.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
This only further confirmed to me that Justin and Wayfarer are exceedingly honorable and highly ethical.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
The Houston area reported snowfall ranging from 2 to 4 inches, while snow drifts reached as far as Gulf Coast beaches—an exceedingly rare phenomenon.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
Rudy Gobert In their primes, of course, that team would play some truly funky and exceedingly awesome basketball.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
This only further confirmed to me that Justin and Wayfarer are exceedingly honorable and highly ethical.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
The Houston area reported snowfall ranging from 2 to 4 inches, while snow drifts reached as far as Gulf Coast beaches—an exceedingly rare phenomenon.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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exceedingly
adverb
ex·ceed·ing·ly
ik-ˈsēd-iŋ-lē
variants
also exceeding
: to a very great degree : extremely
an exceedingly fine job
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