excessively

Everyday

Excessively means too much, more than is normal, needed or healthy. tree →

In the lessons

In health and safety lessons: eating excessively, gaming excessively, exercising excessively — doing too much is bad for you. In formal or exam writing it means «far too». It tells the reader that the amount has gone past a sensible limit. Phrases: excessively hot, excessively long, drink excessively.

Examples

• Eating sweets excessively is bad for your teeth. tree →
• The room was excessively hot, so we opened the windows. tree →
• He worried excessively about the test. tree →
• The speech was excessively long, and people fell asleep. tree →
• Playing video games excessively can make you tired. tree →
• The dog barked excessively at the postman. tree →
• Do not use the hand cream excessively. tree →
• King Pluto had taken a road which now began to grow excessively gloomy. tree →

Note

Adjective: excessive; noun: excess. Spelling: ex-CESS-ive-ly (double s). Means more than «very»: «very hot» is a lot; «excessively hot» is too much.