excessively
part of speech
adverb (excessively)
meaning for a pupil
Excessively means too much, more than is normal, needed or healthy. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and safety lessons: eating excessively, gaming excessively, exercising excessively — doing too much is bad for you. In formal or exam writing it means «far too». It tells the reader that the amount has gone past a sensible limit. Phrases: excessively hot, excessively long, drink excessively.
examples
- Eating sweets excessively is bad for your teeth. tree →
- The room was excessively hot, so we opened the windows. tree →
- He worried excessively about the test. tree →
- The speech was excessively long, and people fell asleep. tree →
- Playing video games excessively can make you tired. tree →
- The dog barked excessively at the postman. tree →
- Do not use the hand cream excessively. tree →
- King Pluto had taken a road which now began to grow excessively gloomy. tree →
note
Adjective: excessive; noun: excess. Spelling: ex-CESS-ive-ly (double s). Means more than «very»: «very hot» is a lot; «excessively hot» is too much.
Trees and pragmatics
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