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immoderately

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im·mod·er·ate  (-mdr-t)
adj.
Exceeding normal or appropriate bounds; extreme: immoderate spending; immoderate laughter. See Synonyms at excessive.

[Middle English, from Latin immodertus : in-, not; see in-1 + modertus, past participle of moderr, to moderate; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

im·moder·ate·ly adv.
im·moder·ate·ness, im·moder·ation n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.immoderately - without moderation; in an immoderate manner; "he eats immoderately"
moderately - with moderation; in a moderate manner; "he drinks moderately"
2.immoderatelyimmoderately - to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation; "his prices are unreasonably high"
fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat - to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
Translations
immoderately [ɪˈmɒdərɪtlɪ] ADV [hasty, eager] → excesivamente; [laugh] → exageradamente; [use] → en exceso
to drink immoderatelybeber en exceso
immoderately
adv eat, drinkunmäßig; hatemaßlos


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But the man was so immoderately given to pleasures that he asked for these and for a life like that of the gods.
It may likewise be said, That the wisest men have been in their youth immoderately fond of pleasure.
One fine morning a young man whose hair was not immoderately long, but abundant and curly, and who was otherwise English in his equipment, had just turned his back on the Belvedere Torso in the Vatican and was looking out on the magnificent view of the mountains from the adjoining round vestibule.
 
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