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Word for Wednesday: Extremely


Our Word for Wednesday theme for 2023 is tricky spelling words. This year, as well as sharing the definition and etymology of each week’s word, we will end every blog post with some tips and tricks to help you spell it.

So far in February, we've looked at the words receive, necessary, and separate. Our fourth word of the month is extremely.

Extremely is used to emphasise the description that comes after it. 

Here is extremely used in some example sentences:

  • I am extremely good at spelling.
  • The weather is going to be extremely wet tomorrow. 
  • We’ve known each other for an extremely long time.

The word extremely dates to the 1530s and is built from extreme and the suffix -ly. Extreme entered English via Old French and dates to the early-fifteenth century. It comes from the Latin ‘extremus’ meaning ‘outermost’ or ‘of the highest or greatest degree’. 

Extremely is spelt with three Es. Three rhymes with E, which should help you to remember the number you need.

Try spelling other e-e words and learn about the word extreme in the Spellzone  Unit 7. Long vowels e.g ee, ea or y? oa, o-e, or ow? u-e, ue, or ew?.

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One of the students has put in a huge amount of effort in completing Spellzone at least 3 times a week since his arrival with us in January. Looking at his scores after the latest GL testing, his standardised score has risen from 99 to 131. This is a truly phenomenal result. I just wanted to share the best result I have ever seen.

Terrie Penrose-Toms, Casterton College

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