Synonyms for extremely
- adverb
Most common
terribly hugely awfully exceedingly highly extraordinarily stupidly wickedly
Definitions
- adv. 1
To an extreme degree.
Example sentences
- terribly Would you mind terribly making me a cup of coffee?
- hugely His warm way with people had made him hugely popular.
- awfully That's an awfully high price to ask someone to pay.
- exceedingly I rejoice exceedingly when I punish an enemy.
- highly The Japanese telephone system is highly efficient.
- extraordinarily I consider myself an extraordinarily happy person.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| extremely | steady | |
| terribly | rising | |
| hugely | rising | |
| awfully | rising | |
| exceedingly | falling | |
| highly | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- too1
- 4 letters
- very2
- 5 letters
- super2, truly2
- 6 letters
- highly2, mainly2, hugely2, vastly2
- 7 letters
- greatly2, awfully2, acutely3, deathly2
- 8 letters
- somewhat2, terribly3, whopping2, stupidly3, mightily3, wickedly3, utmostly
- 9 letters
- immensely3, intensely3
- 10 letters
- infinitely4, strikingly3
- 11 letters
- drastically3, exceedingly4
- 15 letters
- extraordinarily6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (very2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- extrêmement
- Italiano
- estremamente
- Español
- extremadamente
- Català
- extremament