as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
noise from the party was excessively loud
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Adverb
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The excess vices—being indifferent, detached, overly accepting, overly cautious, and over-regulating—are mainly linked to deficiencies in other character areas.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025 -
Another common Nintendo criticism is that the company is overly hesitant to embrace online features, and that's true here.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Manny Machado followed with a walk, and he too was thrown out trying to take second on the back end of a double steal.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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The scorecards were a little too tight, in my opinion.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Excessively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excessively. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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