intemperately

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intemperately
Adverb
  • As extravagantly decorated as the guest rooms, Azure’s blue and white interiors would be a great date-night choice—a combo of watching the sun sink below the horizon, excellent cuisine and fabulous wines (try something from the owners’ South African estate, Bouchard Finlayson).
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
  • In July 2024, Rinderknecht demanded the chatbot generate an image that showed wealthy elites dining extravagantly on one side of a wall while the world burned beyond the barricade.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Adverb
  • The legal scholars watching this expect the eventual fights to turn on old questions, whether a state law unduly burdens interstate commerce, whether federal rules quietly override it.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Cynics think that Manchesterism is a mirage and that Burnham is unduly hogging the credit for the regeneration of the city’s downtown.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
Adverb
  • Both point out that pickle juice is high in sodium; infrequently or in small doses, that’s fine, but if consumed excessively, pickle juice can pretty quickly put you beyond the daily amount of sodium health experts recommend that people consume.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 June 2026
  • The scene isn’t excessively played for shock value or tragedy.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
Adverb
  • Better yet, soothing ingredients like chamomile flower water and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid keep skin feeling comfortable, so your complexion looks fresh—not overly matte.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 24 June 2026
  • These controls proved responsive throughout my testing, but were sometimes overly sensitive.
    Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026
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
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
Adverb
  • 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
  • An era of exorbitantly expensive venues is in full swing.
    Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Intemperately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intemperately. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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