exceedingly
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exceedingly
- /ɪkˈsidɪŋli/ US
- /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/ UK
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English exceeding
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English exceedingly
From exceeding + -ly.
adverb
- 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 […]