Exceedingly

Examples

• I admire her--as my friend does--exceedingly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• If you would have the great kindness to get rid of that sottish friend of yours I should be exceedingly glad to have a little talk with you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She admired the self-possession and the control of the dying man exceedingly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It will be a very fine object from many parts of the park, and the flower-garden will slope down just before it, and be exceedingly pretty. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• There is no doubt of your doing exceedingly wellquite as well, or better, perhaps, all things considered. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Furnace and Ashton built a boat, which plied on the river, between Hull and Beverley, for some time, and answered exceedingly well. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I have only just recovered from nine weeks of brain-fever, and am still exceedingly weak. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• His nose has become red, and he is exceedingly coarse in appearance. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This man did not look like a traitor, though he had an exceedingly self-confident and conceited air. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And I went back to my business in London, with a mind exceedingly ill at ease. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Ah, a beggar has to have exceedingly good points to make a living in Constantinople. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It struck me, however, as being the one which was most likely to interest that exceedingly unpleasant old person. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Arkwright built a mill there in 1780, and it prospered exceedingly, in spite of the fact that he no longer had the protection of his patents. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It must be confessed, however, that the case looks exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very possible that he is indeed the culprit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Any other way would have been exceedingly complicated. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Five of these great thoroughfares radiate from one ample centre--a centre which is exceedingly well adapted to the accommodation of heavy artillery. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It is only, ma'am,' Mr Sampson explained, in exceedingly low spirits, 'because, in a pecuniary sense, I am painfully conscious of my unworthiness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I have advised a prodigious number of clients, and have dealt with some exceedingly awkward difficulties, in my time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Relieved of her wrapping, she appeared exceedingly tiny; but was a neat, completely-fashioned little figurelight, slight, and straight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Exceedingly so. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Miss Peecher was exceedingly sage here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• These data revealed the fact that the quantity of copper required for the main conductors would be exceedingly large and costly; and, if ever, Edison was somewhat dismayed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I now discovered that I was exceedingly anxious to get back to Jefferson Barracks, and I understood the reason without explanation from any one. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was painful, exceedingly painful, to know that they were under obligations to a person who could never receive a return. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I should have so exceedingly regretted our place having had anything to do with your difficulties. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• If he did raise this question while an action was going on, that act alone was exceedingly reprehensible. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• His circumstances, he assured me, and I had no difficulty in believing it, were exceedingly bad. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The narrow canon in which Nablous, or Shechem, is situated, is under high cultivation, and the soil is exceedingly black and fertile. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Very many of the young women are exceedingly pretty and dress with rare good taste. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They are all comely of countenance, and exceedingly neat and cleanly; they look as if they were just out of a band-box. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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