exceedingly

adverb

ik-ˈsē-diŋ-lē How to pronounce exceedingly (audio)
variants also exceeding
Definition of exceedinglynext
as in extremely
to a great degree the salesclerk was exceedingly patient with one customer who couldn't make up his mind

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of exceedingly Even more so than Black female Fortune 500 CEOs, Black female board chairs are exceedingly rare. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 30 June 2026 But turning that fractured and piecemeal popularity into a more direct competitor in the American sports landscape has proved exceedingly difficult for men’s soccer. — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 5 July 2026 Managing scarcity through digital modeling While deuterium is highly abundant and easily extracted from standard seawater, tritium is exceedingly scarce in nature. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026 Erling Haaland, Norway’s large, maniacal striker, has several exceedingly Norwegian traits. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for exceedingly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exceedingly
  1. extremely
  2. very
  3. incredibly
  4. terribly
  5. highly
  6. too
  7. damned
  8. so
Adverb
  • The team turned to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, a stadium-sized synchrotron facility that produces extremely bright X-ray beams.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Teasing out the impact of a small dose of radiation that occurs in addition to all those other exposures is extremely challenging, and the impact of extremely low exposures has not been decisively demonstrated.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • Despite consuming mass quantities of high-calorie foods during competition season, most professional competitive eaters are very lean.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Music icon Taylor Swift and football star Travis Kelce, who announced their engagement in August 2025, are anticipated to tie the knot very soon.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of very
Adverb
  • Each location was incredibly challenging, but each location was challenging in a different way.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 6 July 2026
  • Dan, your schedule is incredibly busy with this, Rick and Morty, Krapopolis and execing on Haunted Hotel.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
Definition of incredibly
Adverb
  • But everyone on the Spurs shot terribly from deep in the clutch.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Wonderfully and terribly, everything does happen for Maddie after her adoring bear of a husband, Jake (Eric Rahill), makes a cooking video of her that goes massively viral.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • Talks with Occhiuto were cordial, but Hammer made clear that alternative sources of international staff would be highly appreciated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Traditional industrial robotics require precise, expensive programming for highly specific environments.
    — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of highly
Adverb
  • Traditional studios might adopt Chinese models for some preproduction tasks such as concepting, but the geopolitical and intellectual property risks for commercial generations are too prohibitive.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • His father, Brian Cohn, jumped into the pool to try to pull him out, but the suction from the drain was too strong.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of too
Adverb
  • Listening to Gish, recently reissued on vinyl for its 35th anniversary, is a good reminder that the Smashing Pumpkins started out a damned fine rock band.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 2 June 2026
  • But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of damned
Adverb
  • France could probably field a B and C team that would reach the quarterfinals, their depth is so staggering.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • Despite the risk of purchasing through a third-party platform such as StubHub, many fans opted to do so to avoid the 30% FIFA resale tax, believing that the Fan Protect Guarantee would safeguard their order.
    — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of so

Browse Nearby Words

exceeding
exceedingly
exceeds
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Exceedingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exceedingly. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on exceedingly

Nglish: Translation of exceedingly for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of tacit

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

The Words of the Week - Jul 10
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
hangman letters and game
Hangman Lightning Round Figure out which word fits in the blanks.
See All