Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excessively"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Excessive \Ex*cess"ive\, a. [Cf. F. excessif.]
Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. --Shak.

Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous;
immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See
{Enormous} --{Ex*cess*ive*ly}, adv. -{Ex*cess"ive*ness},
n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

excessively
adv 1: to an excessive degree; "John is neat to a fault" [syn: {to
a fault}, {too much}]
2: to an excessive degree; "too big" [syn: {overly}, {too}]


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