excessively

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/ UK /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/ See IPA manual

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to a degree greater than what is normal or proper

He was excessively cautious about every small detail.

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1 adv · to a degree greater than... immoderately inordinately unduly extravagantly overly disproportionately exorbitantly

Opposites

moderately sparingly insufficiently

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Related forms excessive excess exceed

Etymology

From excessive + -ly, from Old French excessif, from Latin excessus ('a going beyond'), from excedere ('to go beyond'), from ex- ('out') + cedere ('to go').

excessus Latin cedere Latin

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# excessively

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** ɪkˈsɛsɪvli
**IPA (UK):** ɪkˈsɛsɪvli

## Meanings
1. to a degree greater than what is normal or proper

## Examples
- He was excessively cautious about every small detail.

## Synonyms
- immoderately
- inordinately
- unduly
- extravagantly
- overly
- disproportionately
- exorbitantly

## Antonyms
- moderately
- sparingly
- insufficiently

## Related Forms
- excessive
- excess
- exceed

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: excessus
- Root: cedere

## Etymology
From excessive + -ly, from Old French excessif, from Latin excessus ('a going beyond'), from excedere ('to go beyond'), from ex- ('out') + cedere ('to go').

## AI Etymology
Excessively is from excessive + -ly, from Old French excessif, from Latin excessus ('a going beyond'), from excedere ('to go beyond'), from ex- ('out') + cedere ('to go'). In present-day use, it means to a degree greater than what is normal or proper. Related vocabulary includes excessive, excess, and exceed.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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