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Exceptionally vs Forby - What's the difference?

exceptionally | forby |

As adverbs the difference between exceptionally and forby

is that exceptionally is to an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree while forby is past; by; beyond.

As an adjective forby is

uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.

As a preposition forby is

beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.

exceptionally

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree.
  • Antonyms

    * categorically

    forby

    English

    Alternative forms

    * foreby * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
  • He's a forbye man.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Past; by; beyond.
  • * 1899 , Richard Garnett, Alois Leonhard Brandl, The universal anthology :
  • To see the world and folk that went forby , [...]
  • Uncommonly; exceptionally.
  • He was forby kind.

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
  • Past; gone by; over.
  • Near; beside; by, close to.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
  • Those were the two sonnes of Acrates old / Who meeting earst with Archimago slie, / Foreby that idle strond, of him were told, / That he, wich earst them combatted, was Guyon bold.
  • On one side; out of the way.
  • Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.
  • There was other six forby me.
  • With the exception of; not taking into account.
  • ---- ==Norwegian BokmÃ¥l==

    Verb

  • to ban
  • to forbid
  • to prohibit
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