exceedingly

adverb

ex·​ceed·​ing·​ly ik-ˈsē-diŋ-lē 

variants or less commonly exceeding

ik-ˈsē-diŋ 

: to an extreme degree : extremely

Synonyms

• achingly
• almighty
• archly
• awful
• awfully
• badly
• beastly
• blisteringly
• bone
• colossally
• corking
• cracking
• damn
• damned
• dang
• deadly
• desperately
• eminently
• enormously
• especially
• ever
• extra
• extremely
• fabulously
• fantastically
• far
• fiercely
• filthy
• frightfully
• full
• greatly
• heavily
• highly
• hugely
• immensely
• incredibly
• intensely
• jolly
• majorly
• mightily
• mighty
• monstrous [chiefly dialect]
• mortally
• most
• much
• particularly
• passing
• rattling
• real
• really
• right
• roaring
• roaringly
• seriously
• severely
• so
• sore
• sorely
• spanking
• specially
• stinking
• such
• super
• supremely
• surpassingly
• terribly
• that
• thumping
• too
• unco
• uncommonly
• vastly
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Examples of exceedingly in a Sentence

The weather was exceedingly cold.

The crime rate is exceedingly high.

Recent Examples on the Web

Annual rent declines are exceedingly rare, and the last two — in 2002 and 2009 — were both tied to major economic downturns. —Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025

Rudy Gobert In their primes, of course, that team would play some truly funky and exceedingly awesome basketball. —Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025

This only further confirmed to me that Justin and Wayfarer are exceedingly honorable and highly ethical. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025

The Houston area reported snowfall ranging from 2 to 4 inches, while snow drifts reached as far as Gulf Coast beaches—an exceedingly rare phenomenon. —John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

exceedingly

adverb

ex·​ceed·​ing·​ly ik-ˈsēd-iŋ-lē 

variants also exceeding

: to a very great degree : extremely

an exceedingly fine job