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exceedingly

[ik-see-ding-lee]

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adverb

to an unusual degree; very; extremely: The children were doing exceedingly well in school.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English. See exceeding, -ly

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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His books are exceedingly popular, and he is exceedingly poor.

Stronger than steel, flexible and exceedingly light.

Atlantic liners are experiencing exceedingly rough weather this week, and are all arriving from one to two days late.

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His books are exceedingly popular, and he is exceedingly poor.

Stronger than steel, flexible and exceedingly light.

Atlantic liners are experiencing exceedingly rough weather this week, and are all arriving from one to two days late.

Not a farthing did it yield, but it was time exceedingly well spent.

We fish blindly-and it's an exceedingly wasteful way of doing things".

Anyone who has been tasked with exceedingly tedious administrative work probably has an intimate understanding of this well.

Breaking a code from only a small fragment of text is exceedingly difficult, but the police did their best.

Although larger space rocks are more popular, they're exceedingly rare.

There were five parts to the programme, and all were exceedingly clever.

Her campus interview had gone exceedingly well, and all indications were that she would be offered the position.

But this sets exceedingly narrow limits on the questions the book purports to.

First, it's exceedingly hot and humid, and people who enter without special cooling suits risk dying of heatstroke.

Depression in mothers with children over the age of six months, however, is less discussed but exceedingly common.

But we're betting the movie will have an exceedingly hard time matching the brilliance of the original television show.

The stock market had some exceedingly interesting features yesterday.

And since her field doesn't do exams, she performed exceedingly well.

But this sets exceedingly narrow limits on the questions the book purports to address.

Soon they were unleashing large-scale malaria epidemics for which treatment could be exceedingly difficult.

The strong force is the strongest force known, but its effective range is exceedingly limited.

It is exceedingly easy when you want to batch convert lots of files.

Mallow plays the cello and does so exceedingly well.

Fedscholar, in academia, it is exceedingly common for good friends and colleagues to apply for the same jobs.

It is well known that systems transmitting and distributing electricity are exceedingly wasteful and vulnerable.

But ancient-mammal fossils are still exceedingly rare, mostly because of their small sizes.

These enter the population as exceedingly rare alternative versions of the genes in which they occur.

Catching images of wild animals, especially rare ones, can be exceedingly difficult for photographers.

Their branch structure is distinctive and often exceedingly handsome.

None of us can be certain whether our research will really help, in what remains an exceedingly difficult situation.

But it is also conceivable that some youth markets will become exceedingly lucrative.

During floods, the water forcibly wedged boulders in there, making the way forward exceedingly arduous.

Chances of stopping this given human global activity are exceedingly slim.

He attributed this to constraints so stringent that evolution is perpetually running down exceedingly limited pathways.

The quarters provided for the boys are exceedingly comfortable and commodious.

Cost-of-living is exceedingly high, especially considering the salary-levels.

The woman behind these right-wing myths was exceedingly odd.

In honor of the celebration, the president was even allowed an exceedingly rare opportunity to enter the original cave itself.

Continuing to allow the world's population to increase unchecked is irresponsible and exceedingly dangerous.

Interestingly, this less aggressive personality turned out to be exceedingly effective:.

Those of us privileged to have known him and learned from him are exceedingly grateful for his life.

These were tough but exceedingly fair instructors who taught me a lot.

The cost of failing to work together could be exceedingly dire.

Pronghorn, understandably, become exceedingly anxious when attempting to cross roads.

Sometimes, science can be exceedingly rude-unpalatable, even.

His early educational advantages were exceedingly limited, but he naturally possessed a fine intellect and an indomitable will.

In other words, they tend to be highly general outcomes that are exceedingly difficult to specify and therefore to measure.

Banning short selling is exceedingly daft: shorts help bring markets closer to fair value.

Their traditional method of hunting is exceedingly dangerous.

It is exceedingly expensive, far beyond platinum, and rare to come by.

O'Reilly, those who know him contend, is an exceedingly nice man.

It is against this backdrop that it is exceedingly difficult, if not exasperating, to contemplate the week that was.

But the alternative, getting the world's population to give up fossil fuels, is proving exceedingly hard.

Miller has collected in his volume an exceedingly interesting.

Then did the husband rejoice exceedingly and ascended the stand and testified of his great goodness unto his spouse.

But it is exceedingly dangerous, especially if there is sudden braking.

Constructing a reliable and valid exam of this type is exceedingly difficult and time consuming.

Nor can the investment banks, which are losing good employees but enjoy the solace that many become exceedingly good customers.

The experience has been to the writer exceedingly interesting and instructive.

They were all exceedingly well funded--in fact, their packages made mine look pathetic.

But the barriers to entry in the audit of the biggest companies are exceedingly high.

To accomplish this much is an exceedingly difficult task.

The balancing act is exceedingly difficult and requires adept leadership.

After their near-death experience, bankers have turned exceedingly cautious.

The scarf band for soft hats has taken hold exceedingly well, it was said yesterday.

In other words, the university is being quite generous to an exceedingly small group of students.

Bayes' theorem of conditional probability strikes me as exceedingly relevant to capital punishment.

Smoke issued from the craters and fissures of the mountain, and the atmosphere throughout the island was exceedingly hot.

In some areas local and state authorities make it exceedingly difficult for law abiding citizens to arm themselves.

All you say here is that christianity is an exceedingly weird religion.

It was not an exceedingly wealthy camp, although it was not poor either.

For a first exhibition the display of paintings was exceedingly fine.

It will come principally from the lower section, where peaches will be exceedingly scarce.

Longmore was a lowly enlisted man and he performed no exceedingly heroic feats.

Cut fennel bulbs in quarters lengthwise, discarding outer layer if it is exceedingly tough.

While coerced confessions are not unheard of, false ones are exceedingly rare.

Finally, the citizenship implications of this issue are exceedingly small.

Its farce is exceedingly flat, both in conception and execution.

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exceedingly (ɪkˈsiːdɪŋlɪ)

—*adv*
	to a very great or unusual degree; extremely; exceptionally

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