excessively

[ik-ses-iv-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that goes beyond the usual, necessary, or proper limit or degree.

   Applying an excessively thick layer of mulch limits oxygen in the soil and can suffocate the plants.

Other Word Forms

• nonexcessively adverb
• quasi-excessively adverb
• unexcessively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of excessively¹

excessive ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Her partner had been drinking excessively when he returned home and angrily attacked her, she says.

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Milei’s economic approach, however, repeats the mistake that many of his predecessors have made: excessively relying on an overvalued exchange rate to help reduce inflation.

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For example, when TV presenter Kate Garraway stood accused of being a potential traitor for her excessively theatrical reactions, she defended herself by explaining she was always "a ham".

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County’s juvenile halls in 2018 and found probation officers were using pepper spray excessively, failing to provide proper educational and therapeutic programming and detaining youths in solitary confinement for far too long.

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It has now received some reprieve after she said in an interview that she is not seeking an excessively weak yen.

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Related Words

• extremely 
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