Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In the utmost degree; to the utmost; more commonly, to a very great degree; exceedingly: as, extremely hot or cold; extremely painful.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. to an extreme degree
- adv. to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
Etymologies
- extreme + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I'm saying this in all sincerity - i see this as her setting her followers up for a fall they're not prepared for by virtue of pretending she can get to the nod without playing it extremely * extremely* dirty to get there.”
In Private Pep-Talk To Top Donors, Hillary Predicts: "We're Gonna Win This"
“Darshika Selvasivam, vice-president of the York Federation of Students, said she found the use of the word "extremely alarming.”
“Darkshika Selvasivam, vice-president of the York Federation of Students, said she found the use of the word "extremely alarming.”
“Oh! And I've experienced fame (well, we use the term extremely loosely) @ last as a twit-lit author (word we also use loosely): see here, but first be warned that you are about to encounter my hideous real name again.”
“It also finished the quarter with a cash position of $7.57 billion, which it described as "extremely healthy and low leverage," after quarterly investments of $4.5 billion, including for the start-up of new coal, copper, nickel, iron-ore pellet, phosphate and hydroelectric-power facilities.”
The Wall Street Journal: Vale's Profit Falls 18%, as Stronger Dollar Boosts Debt
“Davis and Kuehn said they expect U.S. domestic package volume to be flat in the third quarter compared to the year-earlier period amid what they called an "extremely sluggish" economic environment, after a rise of 0.1% in the second quarter.”
The Wall Street Journal: UPS Profit Jumps 26% on Strong Growth in China, Europe
“A group of watercolor and ink studies made in 1913, most from the Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau in Munich, allows us to follow Kandinsky as he strove to re-create what he described as the "extremely powerful impressions" of Moscow he received on his trip.”
“This latest round of bidding sparked a price shoot-out that saw both Boeing and EADS submitting what they described as extremely competitive bids.”
“Russia's No. 2 lender, said it swung to a first-quarter net loss and lowered its year-end outlook for bad debts, in what it described as extremely tough economic conditions.”
The Wall Street Journal: Russia's VTB Swings to Loss, Expects No Profit for 2009
“The hospital says it suspected it had a problem in June after discovering what it called extremely high levels of the heart drug into the patients -- Anderson.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘extremely’.
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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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EN - intensifiers
absolutely, acutely, amply, astonishingly, awfully, certainly, considerably, dearly, decidedly, deeply, eminently, emphatically and 32 more...
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Tourism Department. Unit 4
takeover, merger, reach, profit, challenge, holidaymakers, saturation, profitability, significant, sign, signature, success and 36 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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The Jumblies
They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they went to sea:
In spite of all their friends could say,
On a winter's morn, on a stormy day,
In a Sieve they went to...sieve, winter, morn, stormy, round, drowned, cried, aloud, button, fig, sea, far and 113 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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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 1999 more...
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TT3 Lesson 27
cousin, message, urgent, extremely, document, tip, gone for the day, happen, call in, contact, matter, keep fingers crossed and 19 more...
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Playground Completed Despite Rain - S...
Words from this news story:
http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity1&t...despite, slide, sandbox, organizer, material, extremely, project, ruined, tunnels, rebuilt, built, completed and 2 more...
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