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Princeton's WordNet

  1. highly, extremelyadverb

    to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect

    "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely interesting"

  2. extremely, exceedingly, super, passingadverb

    to an extreme degree

    "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"

Wiktionary

  1. extremelyadverb

    To an extreme degree.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Extremelyadverb

    Etymology: from extreme.

    She might hear, not far from her, an extremely doleful voice; but so suppressed with a kind of whispering note, that he could not conceive the words distinctly. Philip Sidney.

    Whoever sees a scoundrel in a gown reeling home at midnight, is apt to be extremely comforted in his own vices. Jonathan Swift.

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  1. extremely

    Extremely is an adverb used to describe a high degree or intensity of a particular characteristic, action, or state. It indicates that something is at the maximum level or goes beyond what is considered normal or average.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Extremelyadverb

    in an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'extremely' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1569

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'extremely' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1453

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'extremely' in Adverbs Frequency: #141

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of extremely in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of extremely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of extremely in a Sentence

  1. Jake Rodriguez:

    Heat is an extremely difficult factor to work around, there's really no way around it, they just have to make sure that they stay hydrated.

  2. Lori Harrison:

    The whole process is incredibly efficient and extremely sustainable.

  3. Kristi Noem:

    I would say that we've just seen the media overstep and be untruthful for years, it's gotten extremely bad since 2020 when the virus came to the United States. I think we've seen the media be used and used fear to motivate people and to promote an agenda.

  4. Ion Bodrug:

    After a preliminary examination we realized we were talking about Uranium-238, an extremely dangerous radioactive substance used to make 'dirty' nuclear bombs.

  5. Francis Collins:

    National Institutes of Health's clear that Omicron is an extremely contagious variant, that it doubles every two to four days.

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