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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Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Boston is a first-class organization that scouts well, drafts well and always manages to make shrewd trades and financial decisions, but the Celtics' road back to the finals just became exceedingly more difficult.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
New data that goes beyond our expectations is exceedingly rare.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
The letter was exceedingly Fed-y, which is to say balanced, sober, tepid.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exceedingly
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“Exceedingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exceedingly. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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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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