1.
You use ~ to describe someone or something that has a particular quality, usually a good quality, to an unusually high degree.
...children with ~ ability...
His translation is ~ in its poetic quality.
= extraordinary
ADJ approval
~ly
He’s an ~ly talented dancer...
= extremely
ADV: ADV adj/adv
2.
Exceptional situations and incidents are unusual and only likely to happen very infrequently. (FORMAL)
School governors have the discretion to allow parents to withdraw pupils in ~ circumstances.
= unusual
ADJ
~ly
Exceptionally, in times of emergency, we may send a team of experts...
ADV: ADV with cl