Meaning & use

exceptionally

adverb·Academic

To an unusually great degree; remarkably more than what is normal or expected.

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The students performed exceptionally well on this year's final exams.

It has been an exceptionally cold winter compared to previous years.

A note on using this word

Exceptionally intensifies an adjective, signaling that a quality stands well above the ordinary or expected level.

Words with a similar meaning

remarkablyunusually

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