as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
noise from the party was excessively loud
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Recent Examples of excessively
Sipping water with a little salt may also benefit serious athletes or anyone sweating excessively due to heat or humidity.
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Currie Engel, Health, 19 Feb. 2026
That’s true, but my daughters have told me — and two private, expensive, and not excessively generous universities have verified — that my paying $20,000 in tuition would decrease my grandchildren’s financial aid package by $10,000 to $20,000.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Gartside was an excessively tall, handsome, and brainy Welshman who spent his teen years as a member of the local Young Communist League.
—Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026
Local districts should be helped, not punished excessively due to the struggles of one school.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
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
Others can be excessively quiet, sleepy, or clingy.
—Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 6 Feb. 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services chose the services targeted by the pilot because there is evidence they are given excessively in many cases.
—Grace MacKleby, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
Currie Engel, Health, 19 Feb. 2026
That’s true, but my daughters have told me — and two private, expensive, and not excessively generous universities have verified — that my paying $20,000 in tuition would decrease my grandchildren’s financial aid package by $10,000 to $20,000.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Gartside was an excessively tall, handsome, and brainy Welshman who spent his teen years as a member of the local Young Communist League.
—Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026
Local districts should be helped, not punished excessively due to the struggles of one school.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
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
Others can be excessively quiet, sleepy, or clingy.
—Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 6 Feb. 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services chose the services targeted by the pilot because there is evidence they are given excessively in many cases.
—Grace MacKleby, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excessively
Adverb
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That’s probably the first clue that the screenplay by Ottinger — with additional dialogue by Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek, no less — will not be overly worried about the finer points of plot logic.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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Looking for the balance of gases in the atmosphere that matches the balance of today would be an example of overly restricting our search to planets that are similar to Earth in a way that would exclude most Earth-like planets throughout Earth’s entire history.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The man is facing a charge of grossly negligent homicide, with state prosecutors in Innsbruck accusing him of making multiple errors, including seeking help too late and not carrying suitable equipment.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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So too, have many other parts of Highland Park that were once part of the fabric of the community.—
Andrés Soto,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Excessively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excessively. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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