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excessively

[ik-ses-iv-lee] / ɪkˈsɛs ɪv li /
ADVERB
extravagantly
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"Excessively optimistic growth expectations about AI could be revised in light of incoming data from early adopters and could trigger a market correction," the IMF said.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

He has hyperhidrosis, which I didn’t even know was a thing: Excessively sweaty palms.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Excessively dry or wet air can aggravate snoring, as can sleeping at a high altitude.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

Excessively low inflation and excessively high unemployment have prompted the Fed's very easy policies, including near-zero interest rates, now five years after the end of the Great Recession.

From Reuters • Jan. 14, 2014

It was the name of an Excessively Resplendent One, whose lightest word results in headlines in the less expensive daily press.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 19, 1917 by Various




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