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inordinately

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in·or·di·nate  (n-ôrdn-t)
adj.
1. Exceeding reasonable limits; immoderate. See Synonyms at excessive.
2. Not regulated; disorderly.
[Middle English inordinat, from Latin inrdintus, disordered : in-, not; see in-1 + rdintus, past participle of rdinre, to set in order (from rd, rdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots).]
in·ordi·na·cy, in·ordi·nate·ness n.
in·ordi·nate·ly adv.
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Adv.1.inordinately - extremely; "she was inordinately smart"; "it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate"
extraordinarily
Translations
inordinately [ɪˈnɔːdɪnətlɪ] adv → excesivamente, desmesuradamente
inordinately [ɪˈnɔːdɪnətlɪ] adv → démesurément
inordinately [ɪˈnɔːdɪnətlɪ] inordinate adv (proud) → unmäßig;
(long, large etc) → ungeheuer
inordinately [ɪˈnɔːdɪnətlɪ] adv → smoderatamente


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Here was a set of new characters who were become inordinately prominent and who persisted in remaining so to the end; and back yonder was an older set who made a large noise and a great to-do for a little while and then suddenly played out utterly and fell down the well.
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Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seeds, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise, on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could support the product.
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Descendants of these original colonists were for a while inordinately proud of their genealogy; but in time the blood became so widely diffused that it ran in the veins practically of all Americans.
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