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Definition of Excessively
1. Adverb. To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits. "Too big"
Definition of Excessively
1. Adverb. To an excessive degree. ¹
2. Adverb. In excess. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Excessively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excessively
Literary usage of Excessively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... is an excessively vehement character. Boisterous is said of the manner and
the behavior rather than the mind. This gentleman, among a thousand others, ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"As the broadside is excessively rare, 1 will extract the rhyming weaver's
description of them : — " And not content by fire and sword oar ladles night and ..."
3. Indo-Iranian Phonology with Special Reference to the Middle and New Indo by Louis Herbert Gray (1902)
"The assimilation of gdh to t(t) is excessively rare. a. Indian. ... The assimilation
of ^dA to d(d) is excessively rare. a. Indian. ..."
4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1884)
"Their tongues when uncoiled are for the most part excessively long, and with them
they extract the honey from the blossoms of the honeysuckle and other ..."
5. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, James Anthony Froude (1883)
"... she can get it settled to her mind; in which last case it is better for all
parties that my maid should stay where she is. I am excessively perplexed. ..."
6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"For a discussion of the validity of such criticism, see REDUNDANCY. exceedingly,
excessively The distinction between hese adverbs is noted in many books on ..."
7. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1833)
"... the intermediate antennae are excessively small, and scarcely bifid at the
end; their radical articulation is almost longitudinal. ..."
8. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... is an excessively vehement character. Boisterous is said of the manner and
the behavior rather than the mind. This gentleman, among a thousand others, ..."
9. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"As the broadside is excessively rare, 1 will extract the rhyming weaver's
description of them : — " And not content by fire and sword oar ladles night and ..."
10. Indo-Iranian Phonology with Special Reference to the Middle and New Indo by Louis Herbert Gray (1902)
"The assimilation of gdh to t(t) is excessively rare. a. Indian. ... The assimilation
of ^dA to d(d) is excessively rare. a. Indian. ..."
11. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1884)
"Their tongues when uncoiled are for the most part excessively long, and with them
they extract the honey from the blossoms of the honeysuckle and other ..."
12. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, James Anthony Froude (1883)
"... she can get it settled to her mind; in which last case it is better for all
parties that my maid should stay where she is. I am excessively perplexed. ..."
13. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"For a discussion of the validity of such criticism, see REDUNDANCY. exceedingly,
excessively The distinction between hese adverbs is noted in many books on ..."
14. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1833)
"... the intermediate antennae are excessively small, and scarcely bifid at the
end; their radical articulation is almost longitudinal. ..."
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