Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

excessively

/ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ces-sive-ly
IPA: /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

To an excessive degree.

adv

Example Sentences

"The application form was excessively complicated."
"While Rabbit is described by Milne as being excessively “captainish” or bossy, he also receives warm praise, he has frequent visits from Pooh."
"He smoked excessively."
"Acidotic animals go off their feed, pant and salivate excessively, paw and scratch their bellies, and eat dirt."

Etymology

Etymology tree English excessive Middle English -ly English -ly English excessively From excessive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more excessively (comparative) most excessively (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

excess excessive

Synonyms

inordinately overabundantly plethorically overly to a fault too

Rhymes With

aggressively progressively successively impressively obsessively

Questions

How do you pronounce excessively?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/.
What does excessively mean?: To an excessive degree.
Where does excessively come from?: Etymology tree English excessive Middle English -ly English -ly English excessively From excessive + -ly.

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