exceptionally
advEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English exceptional Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English exceptionally From exceptional + -ly.
- derived from -ālisbor
- derived from -ālis Old French -elbor
- derived from -albor
- derived from *-ālis Latin -ālisbor✻
- derived from excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor
Definitions
To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree.
- In 1957, an exceptionally severe hailstorm struck the village.
- The shed, a steel-framed structure with a single-span roof devoid of intermediate support, is exceptionally well-lit by continuous glazing on the roof and along much of the sides, while there is fluorescent roof lighting for night work.
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at exceptionally. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at exceptionally. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at exceptionally
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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