"exceedingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/ Audio: en-us-exceedingly.ogg [US]
Etymology: exceeding + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|exceeding|ly}} exceeding + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} exceedingly (not comparable)
  1. To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely Tags: not-comparable Translations (extremely): σφόδρα (sphódra) (Ancient Greek), ὑπερφυῶς (huperphuôs) (Ancient Greek), erittäin (Finnish), ylen (Finnish), perin (Finnish), tavattoman (Finnish), varsin (Finnish), extrêmement (French), énormément (French), asás (Galician), ben (Galician), abondo (Galician), farto (Galician), cóngruo (Galician), überaus (German), äußerst (German), außerordentlich (German), ungemein (German), über alle Maßen (German), σφόδρα (sfódra) (Greek), υπερβολικά (ypervoliká) (Greek), υπέρμετρα (ypérmetra) (Greek), rendkívül (Hungarian), perquam (Latin), niezmiernie (Polish), nadzwyczaj (Polish), extrem [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), extremadamente (Spanish), sumamente (Spanish), sobremanera (Spanish), asaz (Spanish), ytterst (Swedish), oerhört (Swedish), synnerligen (Swedish)

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