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ɪkˈsi dɪŋ liex·ceed·ing·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. extremely, exceedingly, super, passingadverb

    to an extreme degree

    "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"

Wiktionary

  1. exceedinglyadverb

    To a vastly great extent or degree.

  2. exceedinglyadverb

    To an extreme or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Exceedinglyadverb

    To a great degree; greatly; very much.

    Etymology: from exceeding.

    They cried out the more exceedingly, crucify him. Mar. xv.

    Isaac trembled exceedingly. Gen. xxvii. 33.

    The earl of Surrey, lieutenant of Ireland, was much feared of the king’s enemies, and exceedingly beloved of the king’s subjects. John Davies, on Ireland.

    Precious stones look exceedingly well, when they are set in those places which we would make to come out of the picture. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

    Is not this medium exceedingly more rare and subtile than the air, and exceedingly more elastick and active? Isaac Newton, Opt.

ChatGPT

  1. exceedingly

    Exceedingly refers to a very high or extreme degree. It describes something that surpasses ordinary or normal limits; extremely or significantly more than usual. Example: "The play was exceedingly good." This means that the play was much better than what is typically expected.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exceedinglyadverb

    to a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of exceedingly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of exceedingly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of exceedingly in a Sentence

  1. Richard Damania:

    If you're making money out of water, particularly if you're using a lot of water as a commercial user, then it's reasonable to suggest that you pay minimally enough to cover the cost of providing you with that water, this might well mean free water if you are exceedingly poor.

  2. Chuck Schumer:

    Responsible governing has won on this exceedingly important issue, the American people can breathe easy, and rest assured there will not be a default.

  3. Paul Offit:

    The American public should understand that there is a risk, but it's an exceedingly rare risk, by basically putting a scarlet letter on this vaccine, by scaring people about this vaccine, by not really trusting them to understand the concept of relative risk, we may have done more harm than good, and there are people now who won't get a vaccine because this is the vaccine they would have gotten.

  4. Walter Lippmann:

    Because the results are expressed in numbers, it is easy to make the mistake of thinking that the intelligence test is a measure like a foot ruler or a pair of scales. It is, of course, a quite different sort of measure. Intelligence is not an abstraction like length and weight; it is an exceedingly complicated notion - which nobody has yet succeeded in defining.

  5. Girl Scouts:

    It's exceedingly rare to have significant excess inventory but the pandemic greatly impacted our cookie program, despite demand for cookies remaining strong.

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