Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
to an exceptional degree;
- Example: "it worked exceptionally well"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exceptional \Ex*cep"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F. exceptionnel.]
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence,
better than the average; superior. --Lyell.
[1913 Webster]
This particular spot had exceptional advantages.
--Jowett (Th.
)
-- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exceptionally
adv 1: to an exceptional degree; "it worked exceptionally well"