exceptionally

adverb ex·cep·tion·al·ly \ ik-ˈsep-shnə-lē , -shə-nᵊl-ē \

|Updated on: 20 Jun 2018

Definition of exceptionally

: in an exceptional manner : to an exceptional degree; especially : more than average or usual

an exceptionally difficult task

Recent Examples of exceptionally from the Web

Directed by Sarah Gazdowicz, with exceptionally compelling performances by Bob Mussett, Regine Vital, Julia Talbot, Jeff Gill, and Arthur Gomez.

— BostonGlobe.com, "The Ticket: What’s happening in the local arts world," 15 June 2018
This week, for instance, the election supervisor in Gainesville, Kim Barton, asked for more money for a truck, costs of printing an exceptionally long ballot, and for a new computer monitoring sensor known as ALBERT.

— steve bousquet, miamiherald, "Amid election cyber-threats, Florida's counties plead with state for more money | Miami Herald," 17 May 2018
That’s exceptionally difficult to achieve since receptors aren’t static during activation.

— jonathon keats, Discover Magazine, "Building a Better Painkiller," 11 May 2018
The situation on the island is exceptionally difficult.

— Washington Post, "Greek island protest about migrant influx turns violent," 5 May 2018
Her new job proved exceptionally difficult to manage.

— zachary elliot, latimes.com, "I thought we were destined for lasting happiness. Wrong," 21 Apr. 2018
But Klaynberg, with decades of construction experience in New York, could envision a conversion because the steel framework of 101 Pearl was exceptionally strong.

— kenneth r. gosselin, courant.com, "Spectra Developers Will Add 258 Apartments On Prominent Downtown Hartford Corner," 8 Apr. 2018
Anyhow, sentences for drug crimes (and virtually all other crimes) in the United States are already exceptionally long by international standards — a fact that has gifted our nation with the highest incarceration rate in the world.

— eric levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump Opioids Plan to Include Good Ideas — Also, Executing Drug Dealers," 15 Mar. 2018
May was also exceptionally rainy, the city's wettest on record, at an official total of 8.21 inches.

— tom skilling, chicagotribune.com, "Heat on hold for June's first full week," 2 June 2018

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