extremely
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Definition of extremely
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Synonyms & Antonyms for extremely
Synonyms
achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, very, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
Antonyms
little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
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If the exoplanet were in our own solar system — in which Earth and the other planets move around the sun in nearly circular orbits — its extremely elliptical orbit would take it from beyond Neptune to within the orbit of Jupiter (see video below). — David Freeman, NBC News, "This weird 'whiplash' planet is unlike anything astronomers have ever seen," 1 Sep. 2019 But unlike many comedies, My Days of Glory actually grows even more despondent as the plot progresses, with Adrien falling into an extremely long funk in the third act for which there seems to be no available remedy. — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, "'My Days of Glory' ('Mes jours de gloire'): Film Review | Venice 2019," 31 Aug. 2019 Polls show Democrats are extremely worried that the American people won’t accept a woman president. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "What If Obama Endorses Warren?," 30 Aug. 2019 David was extremely gifted with his woodworking and electrical skills, building their vacation home in Plymouth, VT. — courant.com, "David W. Kimmel," 30 Aug. 2019 These were larger than regional jets but were also extremely inefficient by today's standards. — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The new Midwest Express will not be the old, beloved Midwest Express. Industry economics won't allow it.," 30 Aug. 2019 And to this day, most women’s race distances are shorter and women’s team access to the World Tour is extremely limited. — Kathryn Bertine, Outside Online, "It's Time for Pro Cycling to Treat Women Equally," 22 Aug. 2019 Parking on site and in the neighborhood will be extremely limited, Pryseski said. — Robin Goist, cleveland.com, "What to know for Akron Pride Festival 2019," 22 Aug. 2019 Compared with Twitter or even Facebook, Instagram provides researchers with extremely limited access to its internal data. — Tonya Riley, Washington Post, "The Technology 202: Instagram's new fact-checking tool may have limited impact on disinformation," 22 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'extremely.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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