inordinately
7
7.5
- adverb
- /ɪnˈɔːrdɪnətli/
- Formal
:
excesivamente
- The team worked inordinately hard to complete the project ahead of schedule.
- inordinately high
- inordinately long
- inordinately long time
It 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
584
2.3
To a very great degree
351
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
350
1.0
By a very large amount
320
1.0
To a large degree or too much
230
1.4
To a very great degree, often before words like cold or sad
189
3.5
To a degree that is too much or not wanted
162
4.7
More than is wanted or expected
151
4.7
By a very large amount that makes it hard to refuse
137
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
129
3.1
To a very large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
103
3.0
By a very large amount
84
2.1
To a very great degree
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
2.7
To a very great degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
50
3.9
To a very great degree
47
3.4
To a 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
17
5.2
To a very great degree
12
4.9
So strong or bad that you cannot stand it
10
5.4
To a very great degree that you cannot count
8
6.8
To a degree that is very hard to believe
6
6.5
In a way that shocks people because it is too large or unfair
6
7.4
To a very large degree
3
5.8
To a very large degree
1
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
To a very large degree
To an extremely large degree
Antonyms
How Excessive
17
5.8
1
7.3
- Formal
7
7.5
32
3.0
72
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'.