as in very
to a great degree
an extremely hot day
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Recent Examples of extremely
Wu-Tang is an extremely influential group.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Security around Iran's leadership is extremely tight following the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the opening phase of the war now spreading across the region.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
The ages between 9 and 12—that is, the tween years—are extremely formative.
—Anna Earl, Parents, 12 Mar. 2026
Also, the music, Hans Zimmer’s score is just extremely emotional and wild this season and owes a bit of a debt to spaghetti Westerns and so just hearing his reaction kept adding fuel to the fire.
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Security around Iran's leadership is extremely tight following the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the opening phase of the war now spreading across the region.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
The ages between 9 and 12—that is, the tween years—are extremely formative.
—Anna Earl, Parents, 12 Mar. 2026
Also, the music, Hans Zimmer’s score is just extremely emotional and wild this season and owes a bit of a debt to spaghetti Westerns and so just hearing his reaction kept adding fuel to the fire.
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremely
Adverb
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What is more concerning is that the KC-135 is now very old (first built in the late 1950s) and is in dire need of retirement or upgrade.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Leaderboards were filled with circles and squares with very few pars in between.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Menus were incredibly thoughtful, comfortably dancing the line between familiar, Western fare and regional dishes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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Quick, easy, and incredibly satisfying.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ sentence is absolutely appropriate, and former Democratic Colorado State Senator Sonya Jacquez Lewis’s sentence is terribly lenient.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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The narrator’s terribly British father takes refuge from the emotional storms of his household by listening to jazz records in his office.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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One of the key benefits of Foffy's daily pet multivitamin soft chews is the highly palatable soft chew format.—
Jessica Moore,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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These pies are highly seasonal, driven by ingredients fresh from the farmers markets.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
14 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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That goes for basketball and football camps, too.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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The spacious patio—which features its own garden—is a major plus, too.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Vogue,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And so, not far from Tau Ceti, an enormous alien spacecraft looms into view.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Rushing through your plans is a recipe for disaster, so avoid attempting to multitask.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The Kremlin will also be pleased the US has used huge numbers of munitions, notably advanced missiles that Ukraine badly needed.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The detail was that Rivas’ body was not only badly decomposed when it was found – it had been dismembered and separated into two bags before being placed in the trunk of the Tesla.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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And damned if Love isn’t willing to talk, sometimes candidly and other times in maddeningly vague terms, about all the hell she’s gone through to get to right now.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2026
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Jeff looks at things very straightforwardly and is damned fearless, right?—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Extremely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremely. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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