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[ adverb ] to an extreme degree or extent
Examples "his eyesight was exceedingly defective" Used in print (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)It seems clear , when one takes into consideration the exceedingly defective eyesight of the patient ( we shall describe it in_detail in_connection_with our second question , the one concerning the psychical blindness of the patient ) , that he had to rely_on his sense_of_touch much more_than the usual portfolio maker and that consequently that faculty was most probably more sensitive to shape and size than that of a person with normal vision . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)He stroked the hens and they responded with delighted clucks , he gobbled with the turkeys and they at_once were all attention , he quacked with the ducks , and cackled with a pair of exceedingly flattered geese . |
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