EXCEEDINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exceedingly mean? 

• EXCEEDINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb EXCEEDINGLY has 1 sense:

1. to an extreme degree

  Familiarity information: EXCEEDINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCEEDINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To an extreme degree

Synonyms:

deathly; exceedingly; extremely; super

Context example:

as a child, I was deathly afraid of snakes

 Context examples 

I have only just recovered from nine weeks of brain-fever, and am still exceedingly weak.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Good-fortune Jupiter will be in lovely alignment with Neptune, and this is an exceedingly rare aspect.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I admire your little establishment exceedingly; and as soon as I am gone, you will empty your head of all this nonsense of acting, and sit comfortably down to your table.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Why, then, does he make these long journeys, which must be exceedingly irksome to him, and who is it that he visits?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was evident that the gentleman, (completely a gentleman in manner) admired her exceedingly.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

He wishes exceedingly to come; but his uncle and aunt will not spare him.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I am exceedingly gratified, said Bingley, by your converting what my friend says into a compliment on the sweetness of my temper.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

How exceedingly miserable I was, that night!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It appeared to you to be a simple case; to me it seems exceedingly complex.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He is exceedingly neat and prim in his ways, dresses always with great care in white drill suits and high brown mosquito-boots, and shaves at least once a day.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)