Definitions

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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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

Howletts Wild Animal Park, near Canterbury, said the cubs, born in April, were the first of the extremely rare breed to be welcomed at the site.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The mystery remains difficult to solve because the full sequence of events that led to life is impossible to observe directly and extremely challenging to recreate.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Jennings later said of the two men, “He and Mr. Madison...were extremely intimate; in fact, two brothers could not have been more so.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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