extremely

[ik-streem-lee] / ɪkˈstrim li /

ADVERB

greatly, intensely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acutely awfully exceedingly exceptionally excessively extraordinarily highly hugely immensely inordinately intensely overly quite remarkably severely strikingly terribly terrifically too totally uncommonly unduly unusually utterly very

WEAK

almighty drastically exorbitantly immoderately markedly mortally notably over overmuch parlous plenty powerful prohibitively radically rarely surpassingly to nth degree too much ultra violently vitally

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely little

WEAK

mildly moderately

Example Sentences

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Among the trees, he saw poppies and other wildflowers bloom extremely early, in January.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“We are making every meter of Ukrainian land extremely costly for the enemy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

One proposed form involves extremely lightweight particles called "light scalar" particles.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Security Minister Dan Jarvis told BBC News he was "extremely concerned" about the allegations and called on Channel 4 and CPL to fully investigate them.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“My latest challenge video is doing extremely well, thank you,” he says.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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