EXCESSIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does excessively mean? 

• EXCESSIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb EXCESSIVELY has 1 sense:

1. to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

  Familiarity information: EXCESSIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCESSIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

Synonyms:

excessively; overly; to a fault; too

Context example:

too big

Pertainym:

excessive (beyond normal limits)

 Context examples 

“She loves him then excessively, I suppose. It must have been from attachment only, that she could be led to form the engagement. Her affection must have overpowered her judgment.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

My attachments are always excessively strong.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Mary is good-natured enough in many respects, said she; but she does sometimes provoke me excessively, by her nonsense and pride—the Elliot pride.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient have periods of feeling shaky, unable to relax, or feeling excessively tense?

(NPI - Periods of Feeling Shaky, Unable to Relax, or Feeling Excessively Tense, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient sleep excessively during the day?

(NPI - Sleep Excessively During the Day, NCI Thesaurus)

I trembled excessively; I could not endure to think of, and far less to allude to, the occurrences of the preceding night.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient fidget excessively, seem unable to sit still, or bounce his/her feet or tap his/her fingers a lot?

(NPI - Fidget Excessively, Seem Unable to Sit Still, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease in which cells of the lymphatic system grow excessively.

(Lymphoproliferative disorder, NCI Dictionary)

Narcolepsy is a disorder that makes people feel excessively sleepy during the day and sometimes experience changes reminiscent of REM sleep, like loss of muscle tone in the limbs and hallucinations.

(The brain may actively forget during dream sleep, National Institutes of Health)

Injury to the hearing mechanisms within the inner ear, caused by excessively loud noise.

(Acoustic Trauma, NCI Thesaurus)