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exceedingly

adv
/ɪkˈsidɪŋli/US/ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/UK

Etymology

From exceeding + -ly.

  1. derived from excēdō — “to go beyond”
  2. derived from exceder
  3. inherited from exceden
  4. suffixed as exceeding — “exceed + ing”
  5. formed as exceedingly — “exceeding + -ly”

Definitions

  1. To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.

    To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

    • 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter II. "Stage-coach Views", page 16. This coach was an exceedingly narrow one […]
    • I gasped and nearly sank to the ground, for I knew that such a situation must result in some dreadful tragedy, of which it seemed exceedingly probable to me that I should be the first victim.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at exceedingly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at exceedingly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at exceedingly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA