excessively

adv
/ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/

Etymology

From excessive + -ly.

  1. derived from excessivus
  2. derived from excessif
  3. inherited from excessive
  4. formed as excessively — “excessive + -ly

Definitions

  1. To an excessive degree.

    • 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.
  2. In excess.

    • He smoked excessively.
    • Acidotic animals go off their feed, pant and salivate excessively, paw and scratch their bellies, and eat dirt.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at excessively. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at excessively. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at excessively

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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