inordinately
7
7.5
- adverb
- /ɪnˈɔːrdɪnətli/
- Formal
- The team worked inordinately hard to complete the project ahead of schedule.
- inordinately high
- inordinately long
- inordinately long time
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Watch on YouTubeIt had proven inordinately simple for him to fool it, lie to it, tell it his carefully doctored story.
- It had proven inordinately simple for him to fool it, lie to it, tell it his carefully doctored story.
Examples
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Madam Florence is inordinately fond of sandwiches.
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Adults, as well as students, are inordinately fascinated by them.
Academic text (2002) -
The distance is not inordinately great.
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You seem to have grown inordinately fond of these men.
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The warrior studied the ID for what seemed like an inordinately long time.
Fiction book (1997) -
One afternoon that spring, the weather became inordinately hot, boiling up to midsummer levels.
Fiction book (1994) -
A sequence begins during which we see Wills and Charlotte having an inordinately good time.
Fiction book (2000) -
Faith approaches the counter, behind which one of those inordinately fashionable Italian women is positioned.
Fiction book (1994) -
Compared to the dimness of the hallway, the fluorescent lighting in the store seemed inordinately bright.
Fiction book (2001) -
Today's two older children had grown inordinately fond of them, dogging them everywhere as they went about their chores.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
855
2.3
To a very great degree
481
1.0
To a large degree or too much
392
1.4
To a very great degree, often before words like cold or sad
340
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
312
1.0
By a very large amount
189
3.5
To a degree that is too much or not wanted
187
4.7
More than is wanted or expected
132
4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
112
3.1
To a very large degree
107
3.5
To a very large degree
97
3.0
By a very large amount
94
2.7
To a very great degree
92
2.1
To a very great degree
69
3.5
To a very large degree
54
4.6
To a very great degree
51
3.9
To a very great degree
49
3.4
To a great degree
30
3.0
To a degree that is more than needed or acceptable
22
5.0
In a way that does not make sense or is much too extreme
20
6.9
More than is reasonable or necessary
16
5.2
To a very great degree
16
5.8
In a way that is very shocking, too much, or rude
16
7.4
To a very large degree
11
4.9
So strong or bad that you cannot stand it
10
5.4
To a very great degree that you cannot count
8
6.5
In a way that shocks people because it is too large or unfair
7
6.8
To a degree that is very hard to believe
3
5.8
To a very large degree
2
7.3
Much more expensive than it should be
1
7.6
By a very large amount that cannot be measured
1
8.9
In a very large way
1
8.6
So great that you cannot measure it
1
7.8
To a very large degree
To an extremely large degree
Antonyms
How Excessive
16
5.8
2
7.3
- Formal
7
7.5
30
3.0
59
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
inordinately = inordinate (semi-transparent) = in + ordin + ate + ly
The adverb is a straightforward -ly derivation from the adjective 'inordinate'; the change in word class and form is regular.
Etymology
Inordinately comes from the Latin parts in- ('not') and ordinare ('to put in order'), from ordo ('order'). Think of order as the normal amount and the related word ordinary shows the same root, so inordinately means 'not in order', more than is proper, or 'excessively'.