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excessively

[ik-ses-iv-lee] / ɪkˈsɛs ɪv li /
ADVERB
extravagantly
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"You can't run an effective health service with staff who are excessively anxious, as well as not having the right mix of staff and the right numbers of staff."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Dario was ambitious, eager to succeed and be recognized for it, but not excessively or abnormally," says Marre, now a research director at France's INSERM.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

This process is a normal and important part of cell biology, but the researchers found signs that it becomes excessively active in Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

“After a marriage for this period of time, differentiating between marital and non-marital assets became excessively challenging,” when they got divorced, he says.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

“The discussion is excessively electric. We sometimes emerge from it with tired minds, like an electric battery after it’s run down,” Vincent tells Theo.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman


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