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

  1. not comparable 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 […]

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