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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Excessive \Ex*cess"ive\ ([e^]k*s[e^]s"[i^]v), adjective [Cf. F. excessif.] Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.
Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. --Shak.
Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See {Enormous} --{Ex*cess*ive*ly}, adverb -{Ex*cess"ive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
excessively
adverb: to an excessive degree; "too big" [syn: {overly}, {to a fault}, {too}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "excessively": abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, beyond all bounds, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, confoundedly, cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, deucedly, distressingly, dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, ever, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extortionately, extravagantly, extremely, flagrantly, frightfully, gougingly, grievously, grossly, hellishly, high, horribly, immensely, immoderately, improperly, inexcusably, infernally, inordinately, intemperately, intolerably, lamentably, miserably, nakedly, openly, outrageously, over, overfull, overly, overmuch, overweeningly, painfully, piteously, preposterously, prodigally, sadly, shatteringly, shockingly, something awful, something fierce, sorely, staggeringly, terribly, to excess, to extremes, too, too much, too-too, torturously, unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably, unreasonably, usuriously, without restraint, woefully
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