exceedingly

ex·ceed·ing·ly

adv \-ˈsē-diŋ-lē\

Definition of EXCEEDINGLY

: to an extreme degree : extremely

Variants of EXCEEDINGLY

ex·ceed·ing·ly also ex·ceed·ing

Examples of EXCEEDINGLY

1. The weather was exceedingly cold.
2. The crime rate is exceedingly high.

First Known Use of EXCEEDINGLY

1535

Related to EXCEEDINGLY

Synonyms: achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, very (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly

Antonyms: little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat

Related Words: absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, flat-out, fully, positively, purely, radically, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly; deeply, profoundly; exceptionally, notably, remarkably; considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially; appreciably, discernibly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, plainly, visibly; abundantly, plentifully; astronomically, grandly, monstrously, monumentally; excessively, obscenely, overmuch; amazingly, astonishingly, staggeringly

Near Antonyms: meagerly, scantily; barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcely

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