EXCESSIVELY Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

excessively

adverb

Definition of excessively

as in overly

beyond a normal or acceptable limit noise from the party was excessively loud

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Recent Examples of excessively Workaholism is defined as a combination of working excessively and compulsively. — Melody Wilding, Contributor, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 Despite the warmer temperatures, moisture levels will remain relatively limited, so conditions should not feel excessively humid. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 For other competitors in the accessible luxury market, Longchamp offers a valuable case study in bucking the trend of excessively fawning Gen Z content, at a time when luxury is at risk of losing its hold on youth culture. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 In addition, the airframe was upgraded for greater stability in flight to prevent the patient from swinging excessively. — New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026 The specialists working on the mission had to ensure the drone could carry a human being without flipping over or swaying excessively, according to the unit. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 The company is already studying ways to manipulate orexin activity in another form of narcolepsy, and a condition in which people feel excessively sleepy during the day, even after a full night’s sleep. — Alice Park, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 OpenAI’s 2025 rollback of an excessively agreeable GPT-4o update illustrates a different type of evaluation challenge. — Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 This term means correcting people’s mistaken beliefs about what their peers normally do, like regularly drinking excessively. — Pietro A. Sasso, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

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Noah Siviglia, an engineer coordinating the work, asked employees to help identify project costs and completion dates, noting that the information did not need to be overly precise because of the tight deadline.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Although much of his lineup leaned heavy-handed or overly undone, the most notable bias looks were the ones designed for ease, modernity and lightness.

— Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of overly

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But the clean provenance and their New York highlife has never appeased Pooh partisans who think Fifth Avenue is much too far from the Hundred Acre Wood.

— STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
The implication was that his predecessor Scott Stuber had overpaid for talent and too-ambitiously committed to a new Netflix movie release every week in 2022.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

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