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excessively |
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excessively adverb 1. immoderately, too much, extravagantly, intemperately She had started taking pills and drinking excessively. 2. inordinately, unnecessarily, unduly, disproportionately, unreasonably managers paying themselves excessively high salaries Translations excessively [ɪkˈsesɪvlɪ] ADV [eat, smoke, worry, spend] → demasiado, en exceso; [ambitious, optimistic, proud, cautious] → excesivamente prices are excessively high → los precios son excesivamente or demasiado altos excessively adv (+vb) → übermäßig; drink, eat → zu viel; (+adj) → allzu; bright, boring, ugly → äußerst, ausgesprochen; to worry excessively → sich übermäßig große Sorgen machen; excessively so → allzu sehr; he’s confident, perhaps excessively so → er ist selbstbewusst, vielleicht sogar zu selbstbewusst excessively [ɪkˈsɛsɪvlɪ] adv (see adj) → smodatamente, eccessivamente, esageratamente excessively [ɪkˈsɛsɪvlɪ] adv (see adj) → smodatamente, eccessivamente, esageratamente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It's excessively awkward to mention it now, With the Snark, so to speak, at the door! Well, my dear Reginald, I have seen this dangerous creature, and must give you some description of her, though I hope you will soon be able to form your own judgment she is really excessively pretty; however you may choose to question the allurements of a lady no longer young, I must, for my own part, declare that I have seldom seen so lovely a woman as Lady Susan. It is not, perhaps, entirely because the whale is so excessively unctuous that landsmen seem to regard the eating of him with abhorrence; that appears to result, in some way, from the consideration before mentioned: i. |
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