Extremely vs Deucedly - What's the difference?
extremely | deucedly |
(degree, informal) Quite; extremely
* {{quote-book, year=1895, author=Joseph Conrad, title=Almayer's Folly, chapter=, edition=
, passage="You know, Kaspar," said he, in conclusion, to the excited Almayer, "it is deucedly awkward to have a half-caste girl in the house. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1896, author=Arthur Conan Doyle, title=The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Then you load them deucedly badly,' said Lord Wellington. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Edith Ferguson Black, title=A Beautiful Possibility, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Now I come to think of it, the case grows deucedly clear. }}
As adverbs the difference between extremely and deucedly
is that extremely is (degree) to an extreme degree while deucedly is (degree|informal) quite; extremely.deucedly
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