2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Excessive  \Ex*cess"ive\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  excessif.] 
  Characterized  by  or  exhibiting,  excess;  overmuch. 
 
  Excessive  grief  [is]  the  enemy  to  the  living.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Undue;  exorbitant;  extreme;  overmuch;  enormous; 
  immoderate;  monstrous;  intemperate;  unreasonable.  See 
  {Enormous}  --{Ex*cess*ive*ly},  adv  -{Ex*cess"ive*ness}, 
  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  excessively 
  adv  1:  to  an  excessive  degree;  "John  is  neat  to  a  fault"  [syn:  {to 
  a  fault},  {too  much}] 
  2:  to  an  excessive  degree;  "too  big"  [syn:  {overly},  {too}] 

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