as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
noise from the party was excessively loud
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Recent Examples of excessively
Avoid exercising outside when worse air is likely based on these patterns, or at least check your AQI app beforehand to help ensure pollution isn’t excessively high.
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Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Her voice in the essays is sly and irreverent, knowing and persuasive—all qualities that endeared her to readers, despite her often excessively Manichean tone.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
In addition, Apple seems to have been able to execute the upgrade without sucking up your spare storage with excessively large video files.
—PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
Nearly a decade later, Pharrell and Adidas have come together for the Virginia Adistar Jellyfish, an excessively chunky model with puffy, tentacle-like paneling inspired by its namesake animal.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
If your containers excessively dried out during one of the recent spells of hot weather, your annuals may have been damaged and may need some tender loving care to recover.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
At current multiples, this segment of global infrastructure doesn’t appear excessively priced, either.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The wholly unnecessary remake seems like an excessively earnest Disney Channel movie compared with the delightfully unhinged 2002 cartoon.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
In the late stages of the disease, deer might stagger, drool excessively and, again, show little to no fear of humans, the department stated.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Her voice in the essays is sly and irreverent, knowing and persuasive—all qualities that endeared her to readers, despite her often excessively Manichean tone.
—Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
In addition, Apple seems to have been able to execute the upgrade without sucking up your spare storage with excessively large video files.
—PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
Nearly a decade later, Pharrell and Adidas have come together for the Virginia Adistar Jellyfish, an excessively chunky model with puffy, tentacle-like paneling inspired by its namesake animal.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
If your containers excessively dried out during one of the recent spells of hot weather, your annuals may have been damaged and may need some tender loving care to recover.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
At current multiples, this segment of global infrastructure doesn’t appear excessively priced, either.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The wholly unnecessary remake seems like an excessively earnest Disney Channel movie compared with the delightfully unhinged 2002 cartoon.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
In the late stages of the disease, deer might stagger, drool excessively and, again, show little to no fear of humans, the department stated.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excessively
Adverb
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Just be sure to measure out the correct dimensions before adding to cart, or risk being stuck with too short curtain capris or overly long drapes that will feel like a drag on your space.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
19 Sep. 2025
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These sessions are not abstract or overly theoretical—they are grounded in the real challenges military members face every day, from managing stress before briefing a commander, to building cohesion within diverse units, to navigating conflict across teams.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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His designs were built under license by Bristol for use in British passenger trains, too.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Needing 30-plus yards for a first down in two plays proved too much, and the Texans turned the ball over on downs.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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