inordinately
/ˌɪnˈɔɹdənətli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an inordinate manner.
Example Sentences
- "Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seeds, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise, on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could support the product."
- "And then she giggles, inordinately pleased by her own cleverness."
- "The emphasis on boosting “meaningful social interactions” between friends and family meant that the feed leant towards reshared material, which was often misinformed and toxic. “Misinformation, toxicity and violent content are inordinately prevalent among reshares,” said internal research."
- "They’d [nucelar reactors] become inordinately expensive to build and maintain, in any case, especially compared to solar and wind installations."
Etymology
Etymology tree English inordinate Middle English -ly English -ly English inordinately From inordinate + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more inordinately (comparative)
most inordinately (superlative)