excessively
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3.0
- adverb
- /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/
:
excesivamente
- I do feel like I don't mean to be excessively negative, but there's the dam that has not yet broken.
- excessively high
- excessively costly
- excessively low prices
Cut out the sugar, Don't excessively drink.
- Cut out the sugar, Don't excessively drink.
- People eat better and are less likely to smoke and drink excessively.
- I feel like this is an excessively large remote control for such a tiny little item.
- Drinking excessively, taking drugs, even eating excessively, those things don't always make situations better.
- Or you could imagine that it's both, that when you're sleep deprived, you're equally excessively reactive to both of those domains.
- Use lukewarm water, not excessively hot or cold water, a gentle unfragrance cleanser.
- So just stay healthy, exercise, eat good foods, don't do drugs, don't drink excessively, get a good night of sleep every night.
- The representation on a game on heat wave of how people can just collapse if they think they can just go out and walk on an excessively sunny, hot day.
- There's something wrong with taking oaths excessively, you know, swearing, all sorts of things.
- I know, but you don't do it, like excessively.
Examples
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I feel like this is an excessively large remote control for such a tiny little item.
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Now my mother thinks I'm an excessively sensitive and dutiful son.
Fiction book (1998) -
But being in cash, you know, excessively in cash is not a viable long term investment strategy.
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People with the disorder eat excessively and then make themselves throw up.
Fiction book (2000) -
There were fears that the future officers would be excessively politicized by their studies.
Academic text (1990) -
The problem is that the main protagonist seems excessively passive as a character.
Academic text (1992) -
I must admit that the stagecoach ride to London was excessively uncomfortable.
Fiction book (1998) -
Consumerism, in the sense of the habit of consuming excessively, is the response expected to absorb the increase of production.
Academic text (2008) -
The shape of the mouth is arguably the most salient trait and is therefore used excessively in picture books.
Academic text (2013) -
The instructions were excessively detailed, making them hard to follow.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
More than is needed or wanted
∞
1.2
More than is needed or healthy
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
446
2.6
Beyond what is acceptable or allowed
320
1.0
To a large degree or too much
189
3.5
To a degree that is too much or not wanted
162
4.7
More than is wanted or expected
57
4.6
To a very great degree
50
3.9
To a very great degree
48
3.7
Without a good reason
46
7.1
By an amount that is too large or too small compared with what is normal
22
4.8
In very large amounts, often more than needed
21
6.9
More than is reasonable or necessary
13
7.1
Very much of a good quality so it becomes a problem
12
4.9
So strong or bad that you cannot stand it
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
7
6.0
Using or spending much more than needed
1
7.3
Much more expensive than it should be
1
8.1
Too much in a way that adds nothing useful
1
7.6
In a way that is more than is reasonable
More than is needed or wanted
In a way that is more than needed
Antonyms
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word excessively comes from the parts ex- meaning 'out' and ceed (as in exceed) meaning 'go beyond'. So it is like going 'out beyond' the normal limit, which is why excessively means doing something 'too much'.