exceedingly
adverb
ex·ceed·ing·ly
ik-ˈsē-diŋ-lē 
variants
or less commonly exceeding
: to an extreme degree : extremely
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The weather was exceedingly cold.
The crime rate is exceedingly high.
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Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Prosecutions of Florida officers who fire their weapons are exceedingly rare.
—Ella Moore, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
This has been exceedingly infuriating to the vendor.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
These include rodents in eastern states, where human cases of hantavirus are exceedingly rare.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 17 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for exceedingly
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exceedingly
adverb
ex·ceed·ing·ly
ik-ˈsēd-iŋ-lē
variants
also exceeding
: to a very great degree : extremely
an exceedingly fine job
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