adverbial N1 uncommon politewritten

極めて — formal adverb: extremely

極めて ・ きわめて

Meaning

Key sentence

This experiment is extremely important.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Before an adjective or na-adjective 極めて + 形容詞／形容動詞

Examples

The chance of success is extremely low.
We proceed with the work extremely carefully.

Easily confused with

とても とても is the everyday 'very'. 極めて is its formal, written equivalent — common in reports and academic prose. かなり かなり marks a substantial but not topmost degree ('considerably'). 極めて pushes to the extreme top end, formally.

See 極めて in real sentences

Jengo shows 極めて the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

Study it in Jengo

Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar.

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