exceedingly
adverb
ex·ceed·ing·ly
ik-ˈsē-diŋ-lē 
variants
or less commonly exceeding
: to an extreme degree : extremely
Examples of exceedingly in a Sentence
The weather was exceedingly cold.
The crime rate is exceedingly high.
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Loz Blain
july 13, New Atlas, 13 July 2025
Thank you for your exceedingly gracious evocation of my magician’s silks while brandishing your own.
—John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Readings above 60% are exceedingly rare, which indicates a lack of foreign investor participation, in my opinion.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
However, being stung dozens of times can make anyone feel sick as their body works to handle the venom and, in the exceedingly rare case that someone is stung hundreds or even thousands of times, the venom may be enough to cause serious illness or even death, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 July 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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