exceedingly - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From exceeding +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/
• Hyphenation: ex‧ceed‧ing‧ly

exceedingly (not comparable)

1. 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 […]

   • 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith‎^[1], Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, page 10:

     It is an exceedingly easy thing for a Governor or a President to go along with the drift of the tide, to veto vicious legislation, to give honest administration, to lead a perfectly peaceful life, and to avoid criticism or attack. Of such are the hundreds of forgotten Governors and the dozens of Presidents whom we have to look up in a history book.