Meaning of extremely in English

extremely
adverb
uk
/ɪkˈstriːm.li/ us
/ɪkˈstriːm.li/
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very:
They played extremely well.
She's extremely beautiful.
Synonyms
exceedingly formal
super informal
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(Definition of extremely from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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extremely
adverb
us
/ɪkˈstrim·li/
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very:
She was extremely intelligent.
(Definition of extremely from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of extremely

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In successive stages extremely long plans were formed of which probably only the newest phase(s) would have been in use.
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Accepting the purely syntactic part of this extremely simple analysis, let us consider the semantics of the sentence.
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Second, it must be noted that present extremely low levels of development are largely due to the failures of past centralised regimes.
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Access to the services of these systems was extremely limited, often to an urban population.
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Among those with a prior history of depressive symptoms, recall was extremely poor.
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Nevertheless, this is a very good and accessible introduction which students and those crossing over into performance studies will find extremely useful.
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Seeing as though most animals aren't even able to breed with each other, it is extremely unlikely for an alien to achieve this.
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A chapter on hybrid peas seems superfluous when, as the author admits, hybrid varieties are extremely unlikely!
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However, something extremely unlikely happens : those who witness the event do not wonder at it at all.
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Unlike most social programs, government health insurance involves the purchase of services from a clearly defined and often extremely powerful profession.
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Although fertilisation rates are extremely high (80-100%), the probability of obtaining viable embryos is very low due to the high rate of polyspermic fertilisation.
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This book will be extremely useful for those doing research in old age psychiatry.
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The result was the production of satisfactory and high quality works, extremely innovating and incisive in some instances.
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Furthermore, and pertinent to this paragraph, they are extremely interested in supporting a multilingual presence of the site.
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From the 42 responses it was extremely difficult to distinguish between a protocol and an information sheet.
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Translations of extremely

in Chinese (Traditional)
非常, 極端, 極其…
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非常, 极端, 极其…
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extremadamente, sumamente…
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extremamente…
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非常に, 極端に, 極端（きょくたん）に…
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son derece, çok, aşırı…
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extrêmement…
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molt…
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uiterst…
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لِلغاية, جِداً, إلى أبْعَد حَدّ…
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nesmírně…
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særdeles, meget, overordentlig…
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niezwykle, wyjątkowo, niezmiernie…
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sangat…
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äußerst…
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ekstremt, voldsomt, ytterst…
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굉장히, 매우…
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дуже, надзвичайно…
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estremamente, molto…
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