Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With excess; in an extreme degree; beyond measure: as, excessively impatient; excessively grieved; the wind blew excessively.
- Exceedingly; extremely: as, she was excessively beautiful.
- In excess; intemperately.
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- adverb To an
excessive degree. - adverb In excess.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
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Examples
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He also noted that inventory, stockpiles at businesses had piled up to what he called excessively high levels.
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Former detainees interviewed for the report stated that, both under the Bush and Obama administrations, they were held in excessively cold isolation cells; supplied inappropriate or inadequate food, bedding and blanketing; denied exposure to natural light; unable to carry out their religious duties; restricted from exercise; and kept from meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Jonathan Horowitz: Bagram's Evil Twin Jonathan Horowitz 2010
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It's the same old story of workers having to put in excessively long hours to make a living wage ... there is also a quasi-military style of management that seeks to isolate individual workers.
Zachary Stockill: Apple in China, Or Why My New Toy is Covered in Blood Zachary Stockill 2010
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It's the same old story of workers having to put in excessively long hours to make a living wage ... there is also a quasi-military style of management that seeks to isolate individual workers.
Zachary Stockill: Apple in China, Or Why My New Toy is Covered in Blood Zachary Stockill 2010
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It's the same old story of workers having to put in excessively long hours to make a living wage ... there is also a quasi-military style of management that seeks to isolate individual workers.
Zachary Stockill: Apple in China, Or Why My New Toy is Covered in Blood Zachary Stockill 2010
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It's the same old story of workers having to put in excessively long hours to make a living wage ... there is also a quasi-military style of management that seeks to isolate individual workers.
Zachary Stockill: Apple in China, Or Why My New Toy is Covered in Blood Zachary Stockill 2010
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Passengers will "finally have hope and realistic expectations that there is an exit strategy if a flight is destined to remain excessively delayed," says Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, which represents about 300 corporate travel departments.
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At the same time, nobody should profit excessively from a disaster of such epic proportions as a blackout.
The Case for Price Gouging, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It's the same old story of workers having to put in excessively long hours to make a living wage ... there is also a quasi-military style of management that seeks to isolate individual workers.
Zachary Stockill: Apple in China, Or Why My New Toy is Covered in Blood Zachary Stockill 2010
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Former detainees interviewed for the report stated that, both under the Bush and Obama administrations, they were held in excessively cold isolation cells; supplied inappropriate or inadequate food, bedding and blanketing; denied exposure to natural light; unable to carry out their religious duties; restricted from exercise; and kept from meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Jonathan Horowitz: Bagram's Evil Twin Jonathan Horowitz 2010
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