1 used before an adjective or adverb to emphasize how strong or unusual the quality is:
The weather, even for January, was exceptionally cold. * I thought Bill played exceptionally well.
2 only in unusual circumstances:
Exceptionally, students may be accepted without formal qualifications.
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Is exceptionally a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, exceptionally is tagged as adverb.
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