| 单词 | excessively |
| 释义 | excessively, adv.|ɛkˈsɛsɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. Of manner:
a. Wastefully, lavishly, prodigally.
b. Greedily. Obs.
1552Huloet, Excessyuely..profuse. 1563Golding Cæsar 85 The beastes which the Galles do most delight in and whych they pay for excessiuely. 1596Spenser F.Q. ii. xii. 3 Which having swallowd up excessively, He soone in vomit up againe doth lay.
2. In an excessive amount or degree; beyond measure, immoderately. (In mod. use a stronger expression than exceedingly.)
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. (1714) 68 Whan any of his Lords schal happyn to be so excessively grete as [etc.] 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. i. 167 He is excessyuely humylyed. 1591Horsey Trav. (Hakluyt Soc.) 192 He used me but rufflye, by reason I could not drincke excessivlie with him. 1634H. R. Salerne Regim. 2 Anger..excessiuely chafeth and inflameth the membres. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxi. 271 A conceit..wherein although it seeme excessively ridiculous there may be some⁓what of truth. 1711Steele Spect. No. 145 ⁋6 The Fellow is rich..but excessively ill-bred. 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 63 It makes them smart and burn excessively. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 80 There came forth from it nothing but smoke..at which he wondered excessively. 1877A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xxii. (1878) 378 The scenery seemed of an excessively rudimentary description. |
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