exceedingly

English

Etymology

From exceeding +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsidɪŋli/
• (Received 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, 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.

   • 2025 August 2, Scottie Andrew, Leah Asmelash, Harmeet Kaur, “What has America learned from the Sydney Sweeney situation? We asked the experts”, in CNN‎:

     American Eagle released a campaign starring the exceedingly charismatic actress Sydney Sweeney.

Translations

extremely

Esperanto: treege 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) Irish: rí- Latin: perquam Polish: niezmiernie (pl), nadzwyczaj (pl) Romanian: extrem (ro) m or n Spanish: extremadamente (es), sumamente (es), sobremanera (es), asaz (es), excedentemente, excedientemente Swedish: ytterst (sv), oerhört (sv), synnerligen (sv)