exceedingly
ex·ceed·ing·ly/ɪkˈsidɪŋli/adverb
exceedingly is spelled E-X-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-L-Y, 4 syllables: ex·ceed·ing·ly. The wrong spelling people search most is exeedingly: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 32 of all searches for the word. Exceedingly is an adverb meaning “To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely”.
How many letters and syllables are in exceedingly?
| Letters | 11: E-X-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ex·ceed·ing·ly |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, exeedingly, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell exceedingly?
Exceedingly is spelled E-X-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 32 of the searches for exceedingly in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is exceedingly?
Exceedingly appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce exceedingly?
- US /ɪkˈsidɪŋli/
- UK /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋli/
Exceedingly has 4 syllables, split ex·ceed·ing·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-exceedingly.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does exceedingly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exceedingly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense extremely:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | extrêmement, énormément |
| German | überaus, äußerst, außerordentlich, ungemein, über alle Maßen |
| Spanish | extremadamente, sumamente, sobremanera, asaz, excedentemente, excedientemente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does exceedingly come from?
From exceeding + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).