Extremely

Definition: Extremely

Extremely

Adverb

1. To a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect; "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely interesting".

2. To an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant".

3. To an extreme degree; "the house was super clean for Mother's visit".

4. To an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "extremely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Extremely

Greatness

Greatly; Adjective: much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely.

Crosswords: Extremely

I'm saying you might have consulted us; obviously, the contents of this message could be extremely sensitive (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

Delicate. Extremely delicate (Biloxi Blues; writing credit: Neil Simon)

Extremely hungry (Extreme Ghostbusters; writing credit: Brooks Wachtel)

You know, I believe my mental condition is extremely illegal (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment; writing credit: David Mercer)

I'm afraid I'm not personally qualified to confuse cats, but I can recommend an extremely good service (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• Elvis Presley's Pharmacist Was My Sunday School Teacher: Mr. Whitekeys Presents 333 Extremely Minor Celebrities! (reference)

• Extremely Weird Micro Monsters (Extremely Weird) (reference)

• Hair: Public, Political, Extremely Personal (reference)

• I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark (reference)

• The Triumphant Marriage: 100 Extremely Successful Couples Reveal Their Secrets (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Extremely Dangerous (reference)

• Collin Raye: Extremely Visual (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Extremely Cool (reference)

• Extremely live at eddie's attic (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• SONIC FOUNDRY Bunker 8: Extremely Abrasive Beats (Windows) (reference)

• Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding (reference)

• Breezecom Ext-200 Extremely Low-Loss 200 Ft Extension Cable/Detach Antenna (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Pictured is a white nude mouse. The mouse is being held in the rubber-gloved hand of a technician. Nude mice, because of a genetic defect, have no thymus and cannot make certain cells essential for various immune responses. Because of this, they are extremely helpful to scientists working in Immunology Research. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

People involved in trapping and skinning wild carnivores, especially bobcats, should be extremely cautious about exposure to Y. pestis vectors. Credit: CDC.

In order to preserve various specimens for long periods of time, scientists often make use of the extremely cold temperatures offered by liquified nitrogen. Credit: CDC.

Extremely intense radiation from newly born, ultra-bright stars has blown a glowingspherical ... Credit: NASA.

Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have identified the presence of an extremely tenuous ... Credit: NASA.

Post restoration/marsh platform construction. A cell that did not perform well. All of the other cells were extremely successful. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Volunteers haul away Brazilian Pepper brush. This part of the restoration is extremely labor intensive. The brush must be cut by hand, chipped and then burned. The pepper brush must be burned before the berries turn red or the seeds will be distributed and begin new growth. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Sunflower Star Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, is found on a variety of subtidal bottoms and in extremely low intertidal zones from Unalaska Island, Alaska, to Baja California, Mexico. The largest, heaviest, and quickest moving sea star, it measures up to 90 cm in diameter. Color ranges from orange to purplish. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Microburst (CSU) - extremely dangerous for aircraft. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Kelp beds are extremely complex and critical marine habitats. Wise management of both kelp beds and the animals that depend on them is key to the future of our marine ecosystem. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

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The Agreement which was made at Yalta, to which I was a party, was extremely favorable to Soviet Russia, but it was made at a time when no one could say that the German war might not extend all through the summer and autumn of 1945 and when the Japanese war was expected to last for a further 18 months from the end of the German war. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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I do not scruple to say that she plays extremely well

My role, and one for which I was entirely qualified, was to be an extremely ignorant non-zoologist to whom everything that happened would come as a complete surprise

Their notions relating to the duties of parents and children differ extremely from ours

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Health

Remains extremely rare in humans. (references)

Foodborne illness is also extremely costly. (references)

The symptoms of HDCTs are extremely variable. (references)

Business

The market for giftware items is extremely competitive. (references)

However, extremely high tariffs remain to control imports. (references)

The hair care products sub-sector is extremely competitive. (references)

Children

Georgia

Government services for children were extremely limited. (references)

Burma

The World Health Organization considers the country's health care system to be extremely poor. (references)

Bulgaria

Nevertheless due to low fines and delays in the judicial system, compliance rates are extremely low. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yugoslavia

Living conditions for Roma in Serbia were, on the whole, extremely poor. (references)

Niger

Analysis or investigative reporting on domestic topics was extremely rare. (references)

Trinidad and Tobago

Widely read weekly tabloids tend to be extremely critical of the Government. (references)

Economic History

Austria

Civil disturbances are extremely rare. (references)

Italy

Italy has an extremely fragmented distribution system. (references)

Somalia

Travel into and within Somalia is extremely dangerous. (references)

Human Rights

Central African Republic

Prison conditions are extremely harsh. (references)

Fiji

Lawyers are permitted extremely limited access. (references)

Brazil

Prisoners also are subjected to extremely unhealthy conditions. (references)

Indigenous People

El Salvador

Few possessed titles to land, and bank loans and other forms of credit were extremely limited. (references)

Nicaragua

Critics of government policy cited extremely high unemployment rates, but calculation of reliable employment statistics was complicated because most of the working indigenous population on the Atlantic coast is engaged in subsistence fishing, farming, and mining. (references)

Minorities

Albania

Intermarriage among religious groups is extremely common. (references)

Political Economy

Spain

Labor market regulations in Spain are extremely rigid. (references)

MALAYSIA

Thus, though theoretically legal, strikes are extremely rare. (references)

Laos

Laos is an extremely poor country with a population of 5.2 million. (references)

Political Rights

Kyrgyz Republic

Voter turnout is some regions was extremely low. (references)

Tunisia

The ruling RCD party so dominates all levels of political activity that credible electoral challenges have been extremely difficult. (references)

Sri Lanka

Despite an extremely violent campaign, including credible reports on the use of intimidation by both of the major parties, voter turnout exceeded 70 percent. (references)

Trade

Mexico

EXIM is extremely active in Mexico. (references)

Greece

EXIMBANK's exposure in Greece is extremely limited. (references)

Senegal

The monetary policy of the BCEAO is extremely tight. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

Costs are extremely high. (references)

Guatemala

Foreign competitors are extremely aggressive. (references)

Costa Rica

Internet connectivity is poor and extremely slow. (references)

Women

Maldives

Rape and other violent crimes against women are extremely rare. (references)

Zambia

The fines that the law mandates for property grabbing are extremely low. (references)

Afghanistan

Tuberculosis rates for women and maternal mortality rates were extremely high. (references)

Worker Rights

Liberia

The actual power that the unions exercise was extremely limited. (references)

Honduras

Union formation and contract negotiation can take an extremely long time. (references)

Turkmenistan

Strikes are extremely rare, and no strikes were known to have occurred during the year. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "extremely": extremely dull ♦ extremely flammable ♦ extremely flammable substance ♦ extremely high frequency ♦ extremely low frequency ♦ extremely low ridges ♦ extremely old ♦ extremely rare ♦ extremely reliable ♦ extremely resorbed ridges ♦ extremely rich ♦ extremely unstable ♦ extremely white. Additional references.

Beginning with "extremely": extremely-dirty-white-coloured, extremely-high-velocity.

Afrikaans

deeglik (enormously). (various references)

Albanian

tepër (beastly, confoundedly, damnably, dearly, excessively, frightfully, greatly, highly, most, overly, overmuch, overwhelmingly, parlous, passing, pathetically, precious, so, too, too much, unduly, very), jashtëzakonisht (embarrassingly, enormously, exceedingly, extraordinarily, immensely, notably, on end, only, overwhelmingly, parlous, pre-eminently, rare, rarely, really, solely). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كثيرا (considerably, frequently, much, so), ‏جدا (considerably, enormously, exceedingly, greatly, highly, immensely, much, quite, so, tremendously, very, very much indeed), ‏الى أبعد الحدود (in the extreme), ‏بإفراط (beastly, deadly, exceedingly, excessively, hard, overmuch, passing, unduly). (various references)

Bulgarian 

крайно (highly, intolerable, miserably, passing, sopping, terribly, to death, ultra-, unco, unmercifully, unusually, utterly), необикновено (extra, immensely, most, peculiarly, thundering, uncommonly, unusually), извънредно (amain, exceedingly, immensely, mightily, mortally, most, notably, only too, over, overly, overtime, passing, remarkably, sorely, supremely, terrifically, ultra-, unco, unusually, utterly, vastly). (various references)

Chinese 

郅 , 萬分 (very much), 极端 (Extreme), 極了 (exceedingly), 極度 , 極其 , 極 (pole, top, utmost), 很 (very), 太 (greatest, highest, too, very), 不亦樂乎 (awfully), 不得了 (desperately serious, disastrous, exceedingly), 不勝 (be unequal to, cannot bear or stand, very), 不堪 (cannot bear, cannot stand, utterly). (various references)

Czech

vrcholnì, velmi (all, deeply, ever so, greatly, grossly, most, nearly, very), výrazně, nesmírnì (exceedingly, far, grossly, highly, hugely, immensely, overwhelmingly, vastly), mimořádnì (exceedingly, exceptionally, extra, extraordinarily, particularly, uncommonly). (various references)

Danish

ekstrem ustabil (extremely unstable), ekstremt høje frekvenser (extremely high frequency), EHF,baand 11 (extremely high frequency), mikrobølger (extremely high frequency, microwaves, millimetric waves), F + (extremely flammable), F+ (extremely flammable), finkeramik (extremely pure fine ceramics), for lille dråbe (extremely fine droplet, fine spray particle, finely atomized droplet, micronized particle), for lille partikel (extremely fine droplet, fine spray particle, finely atomized droplet, micronized particle), højfrekvente bølger (extremely high frequency, millimetric waves), meget fin partikel (extremely fine droplet, fine spray particle, finely atomized droplet, micronized particle), yderst let antændeligt stof (extremely flammable substance), millimeterbølger (extremely high frequency, millimetric waves), R12 (extremely flammable), R13 (extremely flammable liquefied gas), randomraade (extremely remote area, outermost region), yderst brandfarlig (extremely flammable), yderst brandfarlig flydende gas (extremely flammable liquefied gas), yderst let antændelig (extremely flammable), lille partikel (extremely fine droplet, fine spray particle, finely atomized droplet, micronized particle). (various references)

Dutch

allemachtig. (various references)

Esperanto

ekstreme, ege, treege (enormously). (various references)

Faeroese

stórliga, nógv (quite, very, very much), øgiliga (awfully). (various references)

Farsi 

بافراط, بشدت (Sorely, Vengeful). (various references)

Finnish

erinomaisen (exceedingly, particularly), ylen (exceedingly, highly, very), varsin (exceedingly, quite, very), tuiki (altogether, quite), tavattoman (exceedingly, unusually), perin (exceedingly, thoroughly), peräti (altogether, quite, wholly), kovin (exceedingly, very), äärimmäisen (. . in the extreme), äärettömän (immensely, infinitely). (various references)

French

extrêmement (exceedingly, in the extreme). (various references)

German

überaus (enormously, exceedingly, excessively, most, passing, vastly), höchst (awfully, bitterly, considerably, enormously, extreme, greatly, hegemonic, high, highest, highly, most, paramount, paramountly, punctiliously, superlatively, supreme, surprisingly, topmost, vitally), extrem (camp, excessive, extreme, punitive, thoroughgoing, way out), äußerst (awfully, deucedly, exceedingly, excessively, extreme, heartily, intensely, most, outermost, outmost, scrupulously, superlative, supremely, utmost, utter, utterly, uttermost, vastly, veriest). (various references)

Greek 

πάρα πολύ (a hell of a lot of, immensely, keenly, only too, over, too, very much), εξαιρετικά, επακρώσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

מאוד מאוד (enormously, in the extreme, very much), מאוד (greatly, highly, much, quite, so, sorely, stiff, super, surpassingly, very). (various references)

Hungarian

szerfelett. (various references)

Indonesian

terlalu (exceedingly, so, too, very), beeng (very). (various references)

Italian

estremamente (highly, mighty, most), molto (a great deal of, a great many, a great quantity of, a lot of, deep, far, far off, great, greatly, hard, heavily, highly, jolly, long, lots of, many, mighty, much, plenty, pretty, quite, sight, sorely, strongly, very, very much, widely), assai (a lot of, enough, far, far away, heartily, heavily, highly, many, much, quite, very, very much). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

最も (most). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すこぶる (very much), ずいぶん, なにさま (how, indeed, to be sure, truly, what kind), しごく (exceedingly, to draw through one's hand, to stroke, to work someone hard, very), きわまりない (boundless, extreme, in the extreme, limitless), きわめて (exceedingly), ひじょうに (exceedingly, very), せいぜつ (extremely weird, ghastly, gruesome, lurid, violently), いたって (exceedingly, very much), いやというほど (bitterly, persistently), めちゃ (confusion, mess), もっとも (although, but then, most, natural, plausible, quite right), じゅうじゅうに. (various references)

Korean 

극단적으로. (various references)

Manx

feer (authentic, correct, exceptionally, pure, real, regular, sheer, sincere, true, truthful, veritable, very). (various references)

Norwegian

ytterst (extreme), høyst. (various references)

Pig Latin

extremelyay.(various references)

Polish

ogromnie (enormously), bardzo (quite, very, very much). (various references)

Portuguese

extremamente (all, almighty, deeply, enormously, exceedingly, immensely, mightily, mighty, mortally, parlous, passing, plaguy, precious, rare, right, sorely, too, very, violently), muitíssimo (a great deal, a great many, enormously, most, very much). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

extremamente. (various references)

Quechua

sumaq (good). (various references)

Romanian

extrem (abject, exceeding, excessive, extreme, furthermost, furthest, greatest, highest, like hell, outermost, paramount, steep, supreme, ultimate, unmitigated, utmost, uttermost), extraordinar (amazing, arch, astonishing, egregious, enormous, exceedingly, extra, extraordinary, fierce, marvellous, noble, out, phenomenal, phenomenally, prodigious, proud, rare, rattling, remarkable, special, striking, terrible, tremendous, uncommon, undreamed of, unimaginable, up to the nines, well, well I never, wonderful), la extrem, în cel mai înalt grad (eminently, to the highest degree). (various references)

Russian 

чрезвычайно (capitally, confoundedly, damnably, deadly, enormously, exceedingly, extraordinarily, highly, immensely, in the extreme, increasingly, like smth., mightily, plenty, ripping, the worst kind, utterly), крайне (dooms, exceptionally interesting, sorely, the worst kind, utterly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ekstremno (extreme: in the extreme, in extremis), vrlo (badly, intensely, jolly, most, passing, right, strongly, true, uncommonly, very, whopping, wide), krajnje (blankly, sorely, supremely). (various references)

Spanish

extremamente (most). (various references)

Swedish

extremt, enastående (eminent, exceptionally, exquisite, incomparable, matchless, outstanding, phenomenal, rara avis, rare, singular, sovereign, top flight, transcendent, unbeatable, unequalled, unexampled, unique, unparallelled), ytterst (exceedingly, extreme, farthest, furthermost, furthest, in the extreme, last, most, outermost, outmost, outside, uterly, utmost, utterly, very), utomordentligt (excellent, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extraordinary), högst (at most, highest, last, most, outside, paramount, sovereign, supreme, topmost, uppermost). (various references)

Turkish

son derece (all-fired, almighty, arrant, awfully, beyond measure, cruelly, damn, damned, darned, deadly, deeply, desperately, dire, direful, exceedingly, exceptionally, extreme, extremity, highly, immensely, in the extreme, in the highest degree, infinitely, intense, intensely, jolly, last, out and out, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, strongly, sublime, terribly, thundering, to the nth degree, to the utmost, unco, utmost, uttermost, veriest, with a vengeance), fazlasıyla (amply, damned, darned, disproportionate, eminently, exceedingly, far better, in spades, jolly, largely, more than enough, parlous, precious, strongly, superfluously), aşırı derecede (heartily, heavily, in the extreme, intensely, overly, parlous, plethoric, riotous, unco, unduly), aşırı boyutta, aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent). (various references)

Turkmen 

juda (incredibly), biзak (very). (various references)

Ukrainian

украй, надто (extreme, most, overly, overmuch, super, too), надзвичайно (almighty, amain, anxiously, as anything, awfully, deadly, densely, dreadfully, eminently, enormously, exceedingly, grossly, highly, hugely, in great measure, in the extreme, jolly, mighty, most, passing, regular, remarkably, ripping, sevenfold, severely, to the utmost, very much, woundily). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vô cùng (ad infinitum, almighty, consumedly, day, deeply, dreadfully, frightfuly, half, halves, most, parlous, passing, plaguy, precious, preciously, rank, termless, thundering, utmost, uttermost), thái cực, tột cùng (endmost), tột bực (consummate, extreme, utmost, uttermost), số hạng cuối, rất đỗi (dreadfully, hugely, plaguy), mức độ cùng cực, hết sức (all-fired, blooming, deadly, dogged, enourmously, fault, frightfuly, grossly, half, halves, handle, highly, howling, hugely, immortally, jolly, mightily, mighty, out, precious, profound, sorely, thoroughly, thundering, unco), cực độ (maxima, maximum), biện pháp khắc nghiệt. (various references)

Welsh

odiaeth (excellent, exquisite, most, very), anaelau (fatal, pain, sadness, terrible). (various references)

male, peius, pessime, singulariter, ultimum, valde. (various references)

Misspellings

"Extremely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eggstremely, extemely, extermely, extreamly, extreemely, extreemly, extremable, extremel, extremeley, extremelly, extremenly, extremly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: extreme.

-3 letters: eyelet, lexeme, meeter, meetly, melter, merely, myrtle, remeet, remelt, teemer, termly.

-4 letters: emeer, emery, exert, leery, melee, merle, meter, metre, relet, remet, remex, retem, telex, xylem.

-5 letters: eely, eery, elmy, eyer, eyre, leer, leet, lyre, meet, melt, mere, merl, mete, reel, rely, rete, teel, teem, tele, term, tree, trey, tyee, tyer, tyre.

+5 letters: experimentally.