intemperately

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intemperately
Adverb
  • Duvalier and his family lived extravagantly while Haiti suffered in poverty and violence.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In November, the content creator, who first established a tradition of dressing extravagantly for her relatives' holiday parties in 2021, pulled up to her family function in a look inspired by a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
Adverb
  • This ability to chop and change without unduly weakening the team — Smith seamlessly replacing top scorer Kieffer Moore over Christmas as midfielder George Thomason deputed admirably at left wing-back — could become even more important if further progress is made in the Cup.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • If Rozier is paying for Laster’s attorney, that could unduly affect his friend's own defense, prosecutors said.
    Tom Winter, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
Adverb
  • The vacuum is excessively loud.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • For me, in Friday’s painfully long, inevitably uneven, excessively dance-obsessed but also somehow lovable Milan Cortina 2026 event, that moment came early.
    Judy Berman, Time, 7 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Research indicates that districts with three to eight members are ideal to provide more accurate representation without overly fragmenting the party system.
    Jennifer Lynn McCoy, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But on Tuesday night, that structure sometimes felt overly deliberate.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • The film’s title may be overstated, but there’s no denying the way the song’s message about longing, separation, and regret affected an inordinately wide range of people who heard it.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • As the article points out, California’s mismanagement is contributing inordinately to the highest utility and gasoline prices in the country.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.
    Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • This picture book is immersive, evoking the itch of a sweater or the satisfying softness of a banana (as opposed to other intolerably crunchy snacks).
    Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The pivot was proposed as Riyadh wraps up its year-long review of Neom’s progress, and continues a pattern of belt-tightening across the government’s myriad, exorbitantly expensive investments — which include everything from buying up entire sports leagues and teams to competitive video games.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
  • That term represents a specific, predatory practice of exorbitantly raising prices during a state of emergency.
    Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Intemperately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intemperately. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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