excessive
[ik-ses-iv]
- going beyond the usual, necessary, or proper limit or degree; characterized by excess: excessive charges; excessive criticism.
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Examples from the Web for excessively
Contemporary Examples
No excessively masculine hero of a traditional cowboy detective story, The Dude is a different kind of man.
Is this entire thing just one big scheme to cash in on excessively proud moms and dads?
The book depicts Bezos and Amazon as hard-charging, insatiable, and excessively secretive.
We do not want to excessively weight Greece, for example, which has debt over 90 per cent for 19 years in the 1946-2009 sample.
Their squeaky clean image has been excessively buffered through the years, even after the band broke up.
Historical Examples
The day was excessively hot, and the horses are very thirsty.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
The day was excessively hot again, and walking was most fatiguing.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
Mrs. Delany "was all raptures," and thought it "excessively fine."
HandelEdward J. Dent
All this was excessively irritating, and needed no exaggeration from abroad.
Either we damn them excessively or we praise them excessively.
Changing WindsSt. John G. Ervine
excessive
- exceeding the normal or permitted extents or limits; immoderate; inordinate
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Word Origin and History for excessively
excessive
adj.
late 14c., from Old French excessif "excessive, oppressive," from Latin excess-, past participle stem of excedere "to depart, go beyond" (see exceed). Related: Excessively; excessiveness.
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