immoderately

adverb

Definition of immoderatelynext
as in extravagantly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immoderately
  1. extravagantly
  2. excessively
  3. unduly
  4. inordinately
  5. intolerably
  6. overly
  7. unreasonably
  8. exorbitantly
Adverb
  • One by one, the dancers extravagantly performed in the center of the circle.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • People in costumes marched alongside floats with advertisements and extravagantly patriotic decorations.
    — Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026
Definition of extravagantly
Adverb
  • Five victims, two attorneys and an activist who represents those who claim they were handled excessively by a Royce City Police Officer can view video from four officers, according to Police Chief Kirk Aldridge.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The 24-year-old was smoking marijuana every day and also drinking excessively, and got in trouble with the Rockies last season when he was caught smoking during a game at Isotopes Park.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of excessively
Adverb
  • Some complained that the criteria unduly restricted American power.
    — KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In addition, legislators in several states have introduced or passed bills that prohibit municipalities from unduly restricting homeowners who want to rent spare rooms to nonfamily members.
    — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of unduly
Adverb
  • Former Intel engineer François Piednoël claimed that the Skylake architecture was inordinately buggy and that Apple was the one finding a lot of the bugs.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
  • The place seemed inordinately busy.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Definition of inordinately
Adverb
  • As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.
    — Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of intolerably
Adverb
  • Nothing is overly emphasized, but viewers who know the visual language of the show will recognize the repetition, like the second half of a rhyming couplet that completes this section of the story.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Fieldly said on the earnings call that the company may have been overly aggressive in reducing the number of products being sold to make way for newer lines.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of overly
Adverb
  • Ramirez-Romero is charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, operating under the influence, traveling unreasonably fast and failure to drive in the proper lane.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Though this is a potentially stronger claim, Johnson said Kohberger still faces an extremely high bar to prove his lawyer acted unreasonably.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of unreasonably
Adverb
  • Solid Wood Furniture Solid wood furniture is exorbitantly expensive now, so don't ever throw it out.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • In 1969, a Miami News report cited her exorbitantly expensive rates—up to a thousand dollars for a single birth-chart analysis.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of exorbitantly
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