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Definition of Exceedingly
Exceedingly

To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.

Related Definitions:
Beyond, Degree, Great, Is, It, More, Than, To, Usual, Very, What


Exceedingly Quotations

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out.
Samuel Butler

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Charles A. Beard

Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome.
William Bligh

We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful.
Mary Antin

If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources.
Matthew Simpson

Exceedingly Translations

exceedingly in Dutch is bijzonder, buitengewoon
exceedingly in French is outre
exceedingly in Italian is oltremodo
exceedingly in Latin is valde, vehementer, maxime, singulariter, valde


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