immoderately
1
7.6
- adverb
- /ɪˈmɒdərətli/
:
excesivamente
- Nithe attempted to teach it to recognize me as "Dog's-brother," laughing immoderately at what she claimed was success in the endeavor.
Examples
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The children shouted immoderately when the fireworks began, overwhelming their parents.
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Methodist ones, he was someone who relied on his faith immoderately as an alternative to rational understanding of complex issues.
Academic text (2007) -
Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death.
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The moderator was ever verging dangerously close to incompetency and doing so immoderately.
Blog text (14) -
Although such fluctuations alone would render a gold standard imperfect, the variations in money's inner objective exchange value that could be attributed to them are not immoderately great.
Academic text (1999) -
More Americans could, nonetheless, make use of channels that are available for countering some of the more immoderately spurious arguments in Japanese newspapers and magazines that now go almost totally unchallenged.
Academic text (1990) -
Anyone, Woolman argued, who "with a view to self-exaltation" forced his "domestic animals to labor immoderately" acted "contrary to the gracious design of him who is the true owner of the earth." (n78) Woolman expressed similar concerns in his later writing.
Academic text (2007) -
He ate immoderately during the feast, so he felt sick afterward.
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Her immoderately high expectations led to constant disappointment.
Synonyms
446
2.6
Beyond what is acceptable or allowed
351
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
189
3.5
To a degree that is too much or not wanted
54
4.3
In a way that is very wrong or extreme
50
3.9
To a very great degree
32
3.0
To a degree that is more than needed or acceptable
23
5.0
In a way that does not make sense or is much too extreme
21
6.9
More than is reasonable or necessary
17
5.8
In a way that is very shocking, too much, or rude
12
4.9
So strong or bad that you cannot stand it
11
4.1
In a way that is unfair or much too extreme
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
6
6.5
In a way that shocks people because it is too large or unfair
2
8.9
In a way that is very unfair or too harsh
1
7.3
Much more expensive than it should be
In a way that is too much and shows no control
To an extremely large degree
Antonyms
How Extreme
Surface Forms
Morphology
immoderately = immoderate (transparent) = im + moderate + ly
The adverb is a straightforward -ly derivation from 'immoderate', which itself is 'im-' + 'moderate', so the meaning is directly inferable.
Etymology
Immoderately comes from the parts im- 'not' and moderate 'measured' or 'controlled', and it shares its root with the word moderate. So to act immoderately is to act 'not measured', like pouring too much drink into a glass, meaning you do something too much or beyond what is reasonable.