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excessively

[ik-ses-iv-lee] / ɪkˈsɛs ɪv li /
ADVERB
extravagantly
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Welcome to Goodwood Festival of Speed, an annual four-day motorsports-apalooza where the fastest, fairest and most excessively expensive cars in the world compete for driveway bragging rights.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The Midwest and Eastern U.S. are expecting an excessively humid week, with daytime temperatures soaring to the 90s and 100s and nighttime temperatures that only drop into the 70s, according to the National Weather Service.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Finns may not be known for demonstrative cheerfulness, nor necessarily for being makers of excessively happy music.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

Researchers identified evidence that a protein and sugar-tagging pathway is excessively active in Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

He began to have difficult nights in which the blankets seemed excessively heavy to him, the sheets too light.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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