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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She won a seat in Congress in 2006 and then began a relentless run for the presidency, losing three times—twice by extremely slim margins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

An internecine price war that shrinks margins is extremely damaging in the run-up to an IPO.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

One fan of value stocks, Brian Kersmanc of GQG Partners, is worried about what he called the “complete euphoria” for all things AI, but conceded that “calling a top is extremely hard to do.”

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Alnour Mohamed Ali, a Sudanese national, was given a 27-month sentence having previously admitted to steering an extremely crowded dinghy carrying 74 people in April.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It was the work of an extremely wealthy man, obviously.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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