Meanings
excessively1
comparative more excessively · superlative most excessively
- To an excessive degree.
The application form was excessively complicated.
1 more example
While Rabbit is described by Milne as being excessively “captainish” or bossy, he also receives warm praise, he has frequent visits from Pooh.
2012, Daniel Eckstein, The Couple’S Match Book - In excess.
He smoked excessively.
1 more example
Acidotic animals go off their feed, pant and salivate excessively, paw and scratch their bellies, and eat dirt.
2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 78
excessively2
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbto a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian прекалено
- прекалено (prekaleno)to an excessive degree
Catalan excessivament, excessivament
- excessivamentto an excessive degree
- excessivamentin excess
Chinese Mandarin 過分地 /过分地, 過度地 /过度地
- 過分地 /过分地 (guòfènde)to an excessive degree
- 過度地 /过度地 (guòdùde)to an excessive degree
- 過分地 /过分地 (guòfènde)in excess
- 過度地 /过度地 (guòdùde)in excess
Czech nadměrně
- nadměrněto an excessive degree
Dutch buitensporig, extreem
- buitensporigto an excessive degree
- extreemto an excessive degree
- excessiefin excess
Finnish liian, liikaa
- liianto an excessive degree
- liikaain excess
- liiallisestiin excess
French bien trop, beaucoup trop
- bien tropto an excessive degree
- beaucoup tropto an excessive degree
- de tropin excess
German übermäßig, exzessiv
- übermäßigto an excessive degree
- exzessivin excess
Hungarian túlságosan
- túlságosanto an excessive degree
Italian eccessivamente, eccessivamente
- eccessivamenteto an excessive degree
- eccessivamentein excess
- troppoin excess
Japanese 過度に
- 過度に (kado ni)to an excessive degree
Latin nimium
- nimiumin excess
Polish nadmiernie, przesadnie
- nadmiernieto an excessive degree
- przesadnieto an excessive degree
- w nadmiarzein excess
Portuguese excessivamente, excessivamente
- excessivamenteto an excessive degree
- excessivamentein excess
Romanian în mod excesiv, în mod extrem
- în mod excesivto an excessive degree
- în mod extremto an excessive degree
Russian изли́шне, чрезме́рно
- изли́шне (izlíšne)to an excessive degree
- чрезме́рно (črezmérno)to an excessive degree
- чересчу́р (čeresčúr)to an excessive degree
- сли́шком мно́го (slíškom mnógo)in excess
- чрезме́рно (črezmérno)in excess
Spanish excesivamente, demasiado
- excesivamenteto an excessive degree
- demasiadoto an excessive degree
- demasiadamenteto an excessive degree
- más de la cuentato an excessive degree
- excesivamentein excess
- demasiadoin excess
- en demasíain excess
- demasiadamentein excess
- más de la cuentain excess
- por demásin excess
- de sobrain excess
- de másin excess
Ukrainian надмі́рно, надмі́ру
- надмі́рно (nadmírno)to an excessive degree
- надмі́ру (nadmíru)to an excessive degree
Vietnamese quá chừng, quá đáng
- quá chừngto an excessive degree
- quá đángto an excessive degree
- quá chừngin excess
- quá đángin excess
Cite this entry
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