Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. To an advanced or unusual degree; extremely.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To a very great degree; in a degree beyond what is usual; greatly; very much; extremely.
Wiktionary
- adv. To a vastly great extent or degree.
- adv. To an extreme or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than
very .
WordNet 3.0
- adv. to an extreme degree
Etymologies
- exceeding + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Diligence (Latin, Industria) (ethics, brought the term exceedingly in vogue, opposes Sloth, Latin Acedia): A zealous thinking hereby to draw the philosophers to and careful nature in one's actions and Christianity, who aspired after such a work.”
“Don't believe a word he says," interrupts Madame Ashley, springing suddenly to her feet, and commencing to pour out her phials of wrath on the head of the poor parson, whom she accuses of being a suspicious and extremely unprofitable frequenter of her house, which she describes as exceedingly respectable.”
“This does bring up a point that has certainly been debated for years, if not centuries, and that is whether, except in exceedingly rare cases, books that hew closer to the realities of human emotions and experiences can ever be wildly popular.”
Experience… and Popularity in the Novel « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
“Almost all of his stories involve people behaving badly, and doing so in exceedingly clever ways.”
Roald Dahl: Master of macabre misdirection… and children’s stories! « Skulls in the Stars
“Nasara, I remain exceedingly critical of Clinton foreign policy.”
“The Damp Fellows (who must have been in exceedingly good shape beneath their tailored trench coats) beat me by a length or two, but the teenage girl was a whiny smoker and I left her in the dust, despite my advanced decrepitude.”
“I think it should be applied in exceedingly rare cases.”
“The situation is, in short, exceedingly challenging, though, as I will briefly explain, there has been progress in several areas in recent months despite the sensational attacks by al Qaeda, which have, of course, been significant blows to our effort and which cause psychological damage that is typically even greater than their physical damage.”
“Perhaps this would be the perfect thing for a certain exceedingly wealthy local musical group to endow.”
“They are, in short, exceedingly handsome, easily kept clean, always new and fresh, and what is worthy of mention, much cheaper than wood or gilt.”
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘exceedingly’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
Laban, circumcise, beget, Esau, Rebekah, speckle, Sodom, Pharaoh, Canaanite, Canaan, Jacob, Lot and 1286 more...
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EN - intensifiers
highly, greatly, deeply, dearly, certainly, awfully, truly, amply, acutely, absolutely, astonishingly, considerably and 32 more...
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The Over-Worked "Very"
Synonyms for the word "very"
absolutely, actually, acutely, amazingly, assuredly, astonishingly, certainly, decidedly, desperately, downright, emphatically, exceedingly and 43 more...
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kmalladi's favorites
edification, penchant, ablution, extricate, frank, triumvirate, trifecta, egregious, hoi polloi, articulate, antediluvian, brusque and 291 more...
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Poetrie: "For I Will Consider My Cat ...
An excerpt from Jubilate Agno, written by Christopher Smart between 1759 and 1763 during his confinement for "lunacy" at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethnal Green, London.
For I will...consider, cat, jeoffry, servant, living god, duly, worship, wreathing, elegant quickness, leaps up, musk, blessing and 145 more...
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oneasterism's words
Words that I like, that I don't use often enough, that are new to me, that friends and family have taught me, and so on.
lugubrious, reticent, eschelon, missive, penchant, copious, conspicuous, tranquil, redolent, asinine, inane, dilatory and 625 more...
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Victorian female english
Use this words and become a young lady from some of Jane Austen's books.
coquettish, acquaintance, agreeable, delightful, entirely, sweetest, particularly, pretty, indeed, dearest, pleasant, marriage and 58 more...
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ebony, eyelash, elixir, echo, eve, eventide, eerie, eternity, eclipse, everlasting, ebb, ember and 34 more...
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jon.dobb's Words
drat, ridiculous, pervasive, chicory, dapple, duskiness, haggardly, exuberant, conduce, neat, alas, furtively and 35 more...
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Ozmopolitan Words
Words concerning anything Ozian...either from the original books or movie "The Wizard of Oz" or from the Broadway musical "Wicked."
galindafied, greenify, rejoicify, verdigris, swankified, emerald, liquification, ozian, oz, darlingest, momsie, popsical and 78 more...
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Words that bring on the 'awesome word...
kleptomania, kaleidoscopic, exceedingly, benign, ex nihilo, bijection, atheological, aleatory, sacrosanct, reezle, defenestration, betwixed and 5 more...
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superBadGirl's list
Words I like because they look like they would taste interesting.
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