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excessively

[ik-ses-iv-lee] / ɪkˈsɛs ɪv li /
ADVERB
extravagantly
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It must become a philosophy that corrodes collective faith, collective beliefs, and becomes excessively individualistic.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

The researchers discovered that lysosomes in aged HSCs become excessively acidic, damaged, depleted, and abnormally active.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Picture an excessively mobile middle-class family that does almost nothing but drive, traveling from New York City to Los Angeles and back again each week.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Mr. Phillips’s prose borders on the excessively academic, but he writes lucidly about his areas of expertise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

But he had no interest in measurement or experiment; he thought Copernicus was excessively preoccupied with mathematical problems.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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