extremelyex‧treme‧ly /ɪkˈstriːmli/ ●●● S2 W2 adverb [+adjective/adverb] 
Earthquakes are extremely difficult to predict. I’m extremely sorry to have troubled you.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Quitting my old job was an extremely difficult decision.
- Regular visits to the doctor are extremely important for pregnant mothers.
- The conference was extremely badly organized.
- The fungus is extremely difficult to get rid of.
- But, once established, the service class is extremely effective in ensuring that its offspring also joins this elite.
- It is extremely lethal, killing more than half the women in whom it is diagnosed within five years.
- Manyare extremely colorful, many are drab.
- She felt as if she had taken an extremely exacting examination.
- Some bands are extremely keen to sign with a respected manager who insists on collecting the artist's money.
- There was little point in remaining in the transit room; the onward flight to Changsha was an extremely dubious bet.
- Virtually all empty dwellings were now sold with vacant possession, at extremely high prices.
Longman Language Activatorextremely
especially written use this when you want to use a stronger word than 'very': · The conference was extremely badly organized.· The fungus is extremely difficult to get rid of.· Regular visits to the doctor are extremely important for pregnant mothers.
as much as it is possible to imagine - use this to emphasize adjectives that already have a strong meaning: absolutely marvellous/wonderful/delicious etc: · We had an absolutely marvellous day.· The costumes were absolutely stunning.absolutely filthy/disgusting/awful etc: · When they came in from the yard, they were absolutely filthy.absolutely terrified/exhausted/delighted/furious etc: · She stood in the middle of the stage looking absolutely terrified.absolutely necessary/essential: · Don't call me unless it's absolutely necessary.
spoken extremely: · Our Internet connection is awfully slow today.· He's been terribly ill for the last two weeks.· The plot is terrifically complicated and difficult to follow.· That box looks awfully heavy - are you sure you don't need any help?
spoken say this when you want to emphasize 'very': · I'm very, very angry with her.· This is a very, very important decision - please give it your full attention.· We've been working on this deal for a very, very long time.
use this when something is so good, so bad, so fast etc that you are surprised by it or you find it hard to believe: · Everyone in the company works incredibly hard.· Their house is incredibly cold - I don't think they heat it at all.· What they did was unbelievably stupid.· The apartment is unbelievably cheap - there must be something wrong with it.
use this to emphasize how unreasonable or stupid something is: · The questions seemed ridiculously easy.· The amount they offered for the car was ridiculously low.
use this especially to emphasize how popular, successful, or powerful someone or something is: · Barry's novels have been hugely successful.· "The Wizard of Oz" remains enormously popular with children.· Davis plays an enormously influential role in city politics.
British use this to emphasize how bad something is, or how sad or unhappy someone is: · You must be dreadfully disappointed!· Dreadfully overcrowded trains and frequent cancellations made commuting an ordeal.
use this to emphasize how unusual, impressive, or surprising something is: · Mills' predictions turned out to be remarkably accurate.· The old documents are remarkably well preserved.· Nadine's daughter has an exceptionally fine singing voice.· The heavy soil of the delta produces exceptionally high yields of rice and millet.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Lucy is quite clever and does well at school. She’s a highly competent linguist. Mental illness is a very complicated subject. Our new computer software is extremely flexible. I am extremely grateful for the assistance your staff have provided. At that age, kids are highly suggestible. A good teacher is aware of the extremely varied needs of each student. He left as a poor, working class boy and returned as a wealthy man.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
Lucy is quite clever and does well at school. She’s a highly competent linguist. Mental illness is a very complicated subject.· The instruction manual is extremely comprehensive.
· The company launched a highly effective advertising campaign.
· The factory is modern and highly efficient.
· We ate at a very expensive restaurant.
Our new computer software is extremely flexible. I am extremely grateful for the assistance your staff have provided.· It did not seem very likely that he was still alive.
(=very lucky)· Police say it was extremely lucky that no one was killed.
· The policeman noticed that the driver seemed extremely nervous.
· His parents were extremely poor.
· The restaurant is extremely popular, owing to its high standard of food.
· We're all immensely relieved that the ordeal is over.
· He came from an extremely rich Viennese family.
· I came up with a very simple answer to this problem.
At that age, kids are highly suggestible.· The system was extremely unfair.
· The government is extremely unlikely to change its policy.
· The changes to the National Health System were extremely unpopular with doctors.
· We’ve not had any snow yet, which is extremely unusual.
A good teacher is aware of the extremely varied needs of each student.· an extremely violent attack
He left as a poor, working class boy and returned as a wealthy man.· She was also by all accounts extremely attractive.· Water is extremely attractive as a source of both propellants and life-support materials.· However, she gives warning that this can still be misleading, especially if the interest includes an extremely attractive bonus.· On the positive side, McCain, his wife, Cindy, and his children make an extremely attractive family.· He was extremely attractive, with thick hair and clear eyes and a scattering of freckles.· This species is extremely attractive but suitable only for large tanks where the leaves coil decoratively under water.· Comments: An extremely attractive, hardy, easy-to-grow species.· The price of just £129.95 makes it extremely attractive.
· Most of the difficulty stems from the fact that an eruption is an extremely complex phenomenon.· But on Macintosh it becomes extremely complex.· Technicality Libel law has been allowed to become extremely complex.· A tester can have no confidence that unexamined values in extremely complex systems will perform continuously with examined values.· A simple five-figure number might conceal extremely complex chemistry.· Any mind capable of designing such an intricately structured universe as this would have to be extremely complex.· The process of sense selection is, of course, extremely complex, with many interacting factors.· From what we have said so far, you will conclude correctly that the task of the news director is extremely complex.
· A girl imbued with such qualities would be very special and extremely dangerous.· When it is acquired this way, it can be extremely dangerous.· It was potentially extremely dangerous and although it had survived since the war it may have been very unstable.· He is armed with a large-caliber pistol and considered extremely dangerous.· In theory, the whole island could be live and extremely dangerous.· A psychiatric report showed he was extremely dangerous, particularly to anyone with whom he formed a relationship.· Unfortunately, it can be extremely dangerous - unless you're careful.· These are concepts which are not exactly weak, but they lack substance; they are words and words are extremely dangerous.
· However, a quantification of this factor in numbers of volumes or in cost is extremely difficult to achieve.· These issues are extremely difficult to get at, however.· Indeed, it is extremely difficult to distinguish between the primary visual cortex and surrounding areas in this species.· The attainment of reversible operations is extremely difficult for a child.· When we find this extremely difficult, there are a few things we can do to make it easier.· It forces real interest rates into the stratosphere and makes rapid growth extremely difficult.· Now, sometimes it is extremely difficult to kill a man.· Building a reputation is extremely difficult unless you have a famous name coming from a famous relative.
· It has proved extremely effective over the past few years.· These steroids are extremely effective and keep you alive.· In contrast simple probabilistic models have been extremely effective in some speech and language tasks.· If men closed further, accuracy became less important, and powerful grenades became extremely effective.· It would not cost the Government money, would have the support of fishermen and would be extremely effective in terms of conservation.· They are fast acting and extremely effective as products and will rapidly remove grease and other organic films using spray-wipe techniques.· This combination of wet heat and time is extremely effective for disinfection.· Many word-games already used in classrooms are extremely effective on the computer.
· Pattern making is a highly skilled occupation and patterns can be extremely expensive to produce.· Privatizing to a monopoly is not only senseless but extremely expensive.· For example selective computed tomography could be performed instead of whole body scans, which are extremely expensive.· As for radon, Rudy said looking for radon in drinking water would be extremely expensive and might not help public health.· It is an extremely expensive process that, left unchecked, will go on for ever.· It was a formidable and extremely expensive task.· Reprocessing is a highly technically demanding and extremely expensive operation, involving the extraction of uranium and plutonium from the spent fuel.
· Because the process is extremely flexible, customers no longer need to buy a minimum of one tonne of alloy.· This extremely flexible system allows the hotel to tailor service preferences for each guest.· To work like that you needed an extremely flexible team of actors and technicians, didn't you?· One of the great joys of forum theatre is that it is extremely flexible.· It is, for example, extremely flexible.
· Small suckers were in better supply with demand extremely good from £19.70 to £24.10 each.· His main asset is he has extremely good ability to accelerate very early.· The pile wood, however, is usually of extremely good quality.· He looked extremely good this morning in his blue silk suit and splashy colorful hand-painted tie.· They were an extremely good fit and required a long drift to remove them.· We are extremely good stewards of the land that we have.· When that first romance ended she was extremely good as I nearly dipped out of the course.· The shares are extremely good value for investors, short of a stock market apocalypse.
· Giles was extremely grateful for this: he hated to trouble his friend.· Needless to say, the result is an extremely grateful patient.· Alfred was suddenly extremely grateful that none of his colleagues knew of Beatrice Throgmorton's place in his life.· Smokers have adapted and accepted the new rules, and non-smokers are extremely grateful.· She was extremely grateful and the course saw out the war in this fashion the camp never materialising.· She's now officially in remission and extremely grateful to the doctors who've helped her.· At 26 he was the youngest and he was extremely grateful to have been given the chance to row with the best.
· You could put them in the fridge, but many like a fluctuating temperature which would be extremely hard to simulate!· If this impact had occurred in deep water its traces on the ocean floor might be extremely hard to recognize.· The work is extremely hard and conductors need to be very dedicated.· Lucy works extremely hard at keeping her children clean and healthy and at encouraging their development.· In some waters they are extremely hard to catch, in others the are ridiculously easy.· We all worked extremely hard in the next few days, cleaning all the rooms and preparing the food.· It is clear that over the past year everyone in has worked extremely hard and for long hours.· Lewis worked extremely hard at preparing this part of the course for his pupils.
· We checked in to the bright, airy Parkhotel Den Haag, where the staff were extremely helpful and pleasant.· Anyway, it is extremely helpful in a young career because it leaves you fearless.· Their comments have been extremely helpful.· I explained to them that the information could be extremely helpful during the board meeting.· Tables subdivided into Faults/Reasons/Remedies can be extremely helpful.· My hon. Friend's comment is extremely helpful.· However, it would be extremely helpful if those officers were medically trained.
· The music often lies extremely high, but Nicholas Clapton had no difficulty with the tessitura, and displayed remarkable breath control.· Another class has extremely high reflectivity with absolutely no evidence of absorption of light by ferrous iron.· Virtually all empty dwellings were now sold with vacant possession, at extremely high prices.· Return on equity is extremely high, but this is due mainly to the extremely high debt position of Technosystems.· For example, the temperatures in the holds of ships passing through the tropics may be extremely high.· Return on equity is extremely high, but this is due mainly to the extremely high debt position of Technosystems.· The weather was ideal and the quality of rugby was extremely high.· The collisions generated extremely high temperatures and pressures.
· In painting and music, especially, this kind of patronage was extremely important and lasted for many centuries.· A: It is extremely important.· The mining part of the community that I represent is extremely important, even though only one working pit is left.· Two-thirds of those questioned said that jacket copy is either extremely important or very important to them.· Mr. Smith My hon. Friend has identified an extremely important point.· Hygiene is extremely important at all times.· One extremely important balance sheet relationship is that of current assets to current liabilities.
· Building it in is hard because the amount of knowledge which is potentially relevant to decoding each pronoun, is extremely large.· For extremely large programs, zero is 0. 001, and falling.· Relatively little detail was actually available from the recalls and the between subjects variability was extremely large.· Through the securities market, corporations can pool the financial resources of extremely large numbers of people.· Individual cannon can be extremely large, and the Empire's Great Cannon are amongst the largest.· The egg needs to be extremely large because it contains the nourishment required to produce a most precocious chick.· A very distant object has to be extremely large to produce an image of appreciable size.· However, one really does not need extremely large amounts of space to grow the flowers needed for this very enjoyable hobby.
· This is the major reason for the extremely low cost of the country's gasifiers.· Now new infections had to drop to extremely low levels or even temporarily cease altogether.· He felt the odds on anyone surviving such an explosion were extremely low.· That is simply because digitized Output can move from continent to continent at extremely low cost.· Local authorities have lost important development-control powers and have had to release land to UDCs at extremely low prices.· At the same time, the number of infants killed in commercial air crashes is extremely low.· Plans to lease timber rights from indigenous peoples for extremely low prices were also criticised.· Activator and quencher ions may produce their effects at extremely low concentrations, below the detection limits of the electron microprobe.
· That would make it extremely painful to have gone short of sterling in the past few days.· A sting from one of these results in an extremely painful wound.· Her left arm was locked to her side, because her shoulder was extremely painful.· But it is also extremely painful.· At this stage, the arthritis in his fingers was scarcely bearable and writing extremely painful.· This was an extremely painful time for the patients.· Although their bite is extremely painful to man, they are not aggressive and most people are bitten while handling them.· My eyebrows badly need plucking but I find it extremely painful.
· For a very large female patient, or one who has extremely poor balance, a wraparound skirt may be more practical.· The vehicles and major items of equipment of all sorts arrived in extremely poor condition.· The rural areas contained 34 percent of poor families and 19 percent of extremely poor families.· Unfortunately, the prospects for progress beyond an apparent willingness to agree to share responsibility for Hebron are extremely poor.· If gamma shares are not liquid and tradeable, then pricing efficiency will be extremely poor.· Despite all of the highfalutin gadgets, intelligence for the most part was extremely poor.· Unfortunately, governments, aid agencies and the United Nations have an extremely poor record of being able to organise anything.· Her memory is extremely poor and she can not sustain a normal conversation.
· During the 1993/94 programme we shall continue the series of afternoon events which have proved extremely popular.· Cruises, foreign vacation or job experiences, glamorous career situations, and other such settings are extremely popular.· Nevertheless, these works were extremely popular in their day and are still excellent examples of pure terror and suspense.· Health and fitness, in particular, have proved extremely popular and the clubs gymnasia are experiencing increased usage.· It's extremely popular, so book ahead.· The Select-A-Play system has been extremely popular since being instituted last season.
· Here Kasparov should have sealed 41 c8 when the threats of g3 and g4 would be extremely powerful.· But soon after lunar sunrise, it emitted an extremely powerful blast of radio energy.· Peppermint, for example, is extremely powerful, whereas sandalwood is very mild.· Since smiling is an extremely powerful reinforcer, this visual interaction is important in bringing about the closeness of parent and child.· His key evolutionary innovation was separating the heating chamber from the cooling chamber; this made his engine extremely powerful.· Britain's negotiating position is thus extremely powerful.· Yet such desires are extremely powerful, and for most people-especially non-philosophers-quite hard to control.
· In some species, only females appear to exist - males are either extremely rare or non-existent.· This is an extremely rare condition, the cause of which is not known.· Fossil flowers are extremely rare because of their delicacy and because they are shortlived.· But such moves have been extremely rare.· But such an occurrence of anger was extremely rare.· Primary pulmonary hypertension is extremely rare, afflicting about 1, 500 people in the United States.· The execution of juvenile offenders is extremely rare and at least 72 countries set 18 as the minimum age for the death penalty.· However, end-stage renal failure caused by chronic hypokalemia is extremely rare in humans.
· It goes without saying that any infringements of these new restrictions will imperil what is already an extremely sensitive access agreement.· The Arizona players are extremely sensitive on the talent-gap issue, especially when reminded of it by Tucson columnist Greg Hansen.· Earthworms have extremely sensitive skins and can not thrive under acid conditions.· This is a little girl who is extremely sensitive to touch; she feels fragile, thin-skinned, easily breakable herself.· All osmotic pressure measurements are extremely sensitive to temperature and must be carried out under rigorously controlled temperature conditions.· As more species of life are slowly added to the embryonic aquarium, the water becomes extremely sensitive to vicious cycles.· It was an extremely sensitive matter, they were told.· It was, moreover, an accusation to which its adherents in the Royal Society were extremely sensitive.
· Nevertheless, if our assessments of these likelihoods are incorrect, the implications would be extremely serious.· That is an extremely serious problem which is leading to a number of stud owners moving their horses abroad.· He is extremely serious, speaks slowly-almost grinding to a complete halt at times-and is not exactly the happy optimist.· That is a pathetic response to the size of the problem, which is extremely serious in my area.· And to miss 106 depression in a person is extremely serious, because with depression can come the risk of suicide.· The upset and damage which has been caused to us by these articles is an extremely serious matter.· Middlesbrough Council housing chairman Bob Brady said the Government was failing to address an extremely serious problem.
· It is extremely simple to make - just warmed jam with a little water.· There are extremely simple ones: Pick a team out of a hat.· It does, however, allow complete interactive applications to be created using an extremely simple and easily mastered command set.· An extremely simple algorithm which does this runs thus.· Deck gear and rig controls are extremely simple with the minimum of winches.· The controls are also extremely simple.· The Flydaway is an extremely simple concept.
· He also said Hannah who was born 8 weeks early was an extremely small, scrawny baby.· He said the panel reported the risk from eating beef or beef products was likely to be extremely small.· Finally, the vastness of space makes the probability of such a close approach of two stars extremely small.· As it was, the extremely small head of some dinosaurs no doubt reduced the dangers of falling from a great height.· Goldin has previously speculated about the possibility of interstellar flight using extremely small, low-mass probes.· Their neurotoxin produces effects similar to those seen in snakebite victims, although the number of deaths from lizard-bites is extremely small.· These are extremely small, single-cell structures that somewhat resemble bacteria on Earth.
· This model has been extremely successful in enabling us to understand acquired dyslexia.· Bob was extremely successful in his real estate venture.· Some extremely successful placements have been made in council day centres.· Other students, while constantly feeling the pressure of hostility and homophobia, have been none the less extremely successful during their college years.· For example, there are dozens of varieties of artemisia which are extremely successful in the press.· These were extremely successful for several reasons.· We have already seen the planning of the Feminist Art Criticism conference which was an extremely successful and well-attended event.· There was an extremely successful one in Tennessee this month.
· It was also aware that a further renewal of the Carnegie Trust's grant was extremely unlikely.· Continued presentation of the scenes within the pairing phase is extremely unlikely to result in an unconditioned response.· However the constraints are such that without new legislation it is extremely unlikely that this is an option open to the Catholic sector.· But it is extremely unlikely that any answer will be received.· However, transplantations of a head from one body to another are extremely unlikely.· You are extremely unlikely to eat this amount - some 9000 calories - in one day.· But that Parliament has not met since 1706 and is extremely unlikely ever to meet again.· It is extremely unlikely that if the House of Lords did not exist it would be invented in its present form.
· Information from these initial trials will be extremely useful to the designers.· With more detailed information, this can be an extremely useful feature.· That was extremely useful to us.· These techniques aren t as complicated as they may sound, and they can be extremely useful.· Morphine and its related narcotics have proved extremely useful in their ability to control pain.· Infantry officer Thomas Giltner also found C4 extremely useful.· This can be extremely useful for overviews of a thin section, grain shape and size determinations and for fabric analysis.· One extremely useful diagnostic technique is classroom observation by psychologists and / or educators familiar with the disorder.
· Quiet introspection can be extremely valuable, especially for people who lead busy, hectic lives and spend little time alone.· After all, tangents are extremely valuable for your writing.· The information gathered was extremely valuable and the discussions frank and positive.· The nurses' guidance in how to hold, dress, and feed infants can be extremely valuable.· This facility for associations which are neither obvious nor apparently logical is extremely valuable in creative thinking and problem solving.· It therefore should be stated quite firmly that televised presidential debates are extremely valuable.· Given all these factors, reminiscence should be an extremely valuable counselling aid.· Security of this kind is extremely valuable in an open network like the Internet.
· She believed the department had left itself extremely vulnerable in acting without any form of approval by the committee.· It must be real or it damages the process and a person in the extremely vulnerable Dying Time.· She felt absolutely helpless and extremely vulnerable standing completely unclothed under his watchful eyes.· The immune system withers under the viral attack, leaving the body extremely vulnerable to other painful and life-threatening diseases.· The other crab, rather than being left homeless and therefore extremely vulnerable to predators, instantly jumped into the broken shell.· She felt extremely vulnerable at the side of this powerful man.· And once in range, without hands to protect yourself, you are extremely vulnerable.· As I said, whoever has grabbed you is extremely vulnerable.
· He had left as a poor, working class boy and returned as an extremely wealthy man.· Mention the average client rather than an extremely wealthy one-unless you helped him or her get that way.· They went to Cartier's in the Landmark, the black and gold shopping mall for the extremely wealthy.· There are a lot of extremely wealthy people here.· It is well to remember that Susanna Jennens with her £300 per year was not extremely wealthy.· As a civilization, it was solidly based in extremely wealthy areas, alongside which Arabia then seemed very poor.
VERB· Technicality Libel law has been allowed to become extremely complex.· But on Macintosh it becomes extremely complex.· Her husband, however, became extremely insistent and started following her and insisting that she must sign the papers.· As more species of life are slowly added to the embryonic aquarium, the water becomes extremely sensitive to vicious cycles.· They were fed on Herakleophorbia so they grew and became extremely strong.· At the same time, the walls of the pocket become extremely thin but retain their connection with the general epidermis.· Considerable regular input is required and this can become extremely repetitive, even boring.· He becomes extremely sarcastic, referring several times to Brutus' honour.
· This sort of request has extremely complicated emotional, practical and social repercussions for the people who are left.· In fact they can get extremely complicated.
· Bathsheba, however, knew that he had come to see her, and felt extremely guilty.· Apparently Skipper landed, felt extremely pleased with himself and threw an enormous buck with a twist in it.· She felt extremely vulnerable at the side of this powerful man.· Some patients may feel extremely insecure and show anger towards the staff.· Even so, she felt extremely uncomfortable about facing him while the details were so clear in her mind.· He felt extremely comfortable with her already, he thought happily.· She could not deny, though, that she was feeling extremely happy that Monday.· Watching over his son, Colin Parry felt extremely moved.
· Benedict, who had arrived yesterday, was looking extremely handsome in full mourning, even to a black cravat.· If the merger goes through, then North Flinders looks extremely cheap right now.· Glyn had come yesterday, but Shirley had already cooked, and he had looked extremely relieved at that.· He looked extremely good this morning in his blue silk suit and splashy colorful hand-painted tie.· He looks extremely real and solid, and is clearly not illusory, but he talks in a stiff, halting manner.· He looked extremely annoyed and she was thankful to see Marguerite hurry out to obey.· Quite suddenly he looked extremely dangerous.· He looked extremely unhealthy; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask.
· During the 1993/94 programme we shall continue the series of afternoon events which have proved extremely popular.· Both the 6: 30 staff meetings and the WSOAs proved extremely unpopular.· Morphine and its related narcotics have proved extremely useful in their ability to control pain.· The dialogue proved extremely useful to Park.· Health and fitness, in particular, have proved extremely popular and the clubs gymnasia are experiencing increased usage.· It has proved extremely effective over the past few years.· And this enterprise has proved extremely fruitful.· With a vast established user base, and low upgrade costs for existing Windows users, it will probably prove extremely popular.
· Topics are extremely varied and are often viewed from unusual angles.· Now our audience is this amazing, extremely varied cross-section, with many young people.
· We all worked extremely hard in the next few days, cleaning all the rooms and preparing the food.· In fact, there are many nontraditional types of partnerships that work extremely well in the entrepreneurial world of today.· It is clear that over the past year everyone in has worked extremely hard and for long hours.· Lucy works extremely hard at keeping her children clean and healthy and at encouraging their development.· The blend of executive car and diesel engine works extremely well.· Lewis worked extremely hard at preparing this part of the course for his pupils.· He says simply that his civil servants work extremely hard.· And so I came up with the following idea, which works extremely well for me.
WORD FAMILYnounextremeextremismextremistextremityadjectiveextremeextremistadverbextremely
to a very great degree: Earthquakes are extremely difficult to predict. I’m extremely sorry to have troubled you.- Grandma Moses
- grand master
- grandmother
- Grand National
- Grand Old Duke of York
- Grand Old Man
- Grand Ole Opry
- grand opera
- grandpa
- grandparent
- grand piano
- Grand Prix
- grand slam
- grandson
- grandstand
- grandstanding
- grand tour
- Grand Union Canal
- grange
- Grange Hill
- granita
- granite
- granny
- granny flat
- granny knot