極きわめて

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Meanings

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A formal, emphatic adverb used to stress the degree of an adjective or verb. Stronger than とても and closer to 'extremely' or 'exceedingly' in tone.

重じゅう

要よう

です

。

This issue is extremely important.

彼かれの説せつ明めいは極きわめて分わかりやすかった。

His explanation was exceedingly easy to understand.

極きわめて〈形けい容よう詞し〉extremely [adjective]
この事じ故こは極きわめて重じゅう要ような問もん題だいを示しめしている。
This accident points to an extremely important issue.
極きわめて〈形けい容よう詞し〉状じょう況きょうan extremely [adjective] situation
現げん地ちは極きわめて危き険けんな状じょう況きょうにある。
The site is in an extremely dangerous situation.

非ひ常じょうにN4
非常に and 極めて are both formal intensifiers meaning 'extremely', but 極めて can sound slightly more decisive or absolute.
とてもN4
とても is a common, neutral intensifier ('very') used in everyday speech, while 極めて is formal and emphatic, closer to 'extremely'.
甚はなはだN1
甚だ and 極めて are both stiff, literary intensifiers, but 甚だ often carries a negative or critical nuance (甚だ迷惑だ) while 極めて is neutral.
大たい変へんN5
大変 is a softer, widely-used intensifier suitable for casual and polite speech, whereas 極めて is more formal and used mainly in writing or formal speech.

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最もっともN4
極めて is an even more formal/literary intensifier meaning 'extremely', often stronger in tone than 最も.
すこぶるN1
極めて is formal like すこぶる but sounds objective and absolute, whereas すこぶる often conveys the speaker's personal impression.
ごくごくN1
極めて is a literary, formal intensifier used in writing and speeches, while ごくごく is more conversational.
ごくN2
極めて is a stronger, more formal intensifier used in writing, whereas ごく is milder and pairs with a narrower set of adjectives and nouns.

極きわめてUsage48%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
きわめてUsage52%
Kana spelling is also common, especially in casual or informal writing.

Derived from the verb 極める (きわめる, 'to carry to extremes') in its continuative form, functioning as an adverb.

極めて and 至って are both literary-sounding intensifiers, but 極めて is more common in formal writing while 至って often adds a nuance of 'surprisingly so'.