Excessively — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɛksˈɛsɪvli/

🇬🇧British English

/ɛksˈɛsɪvli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɛksˈɛsɪvli/

5 syllables Say it as /ɛksˈɛsɪvli/.

Examples

too big

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

too overly to a fault

Parts of Speech

adverb

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

“too big”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

übermäßig

in einem Ausmaß, das die normalen oder angemessenen Grenzen überschreitet

🇫🇷French

excessivement

à un degré dépassant les limites normales ou appropriées

🇪🇸Spanish

excesivamente

en un grado que excede los límites normales o adecuados

🇮🇹Italian

eccessivamente

in misura superiore ai limiti normali o appropriati

🇳🇱Dutch

overdreven

in een mate die de normale of juiste grenzen overschrijdt

🇵🇹Portuguese

excessivamente

em um grau que excede os limites normais ou adequados

🇷🇺Russian

чрезмерно

в степени, превышающей нормальные или надлежащие пределы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अधिकता से

सामान्य या उचित सीमा से एक हद तक अधिक

🇧🇩Bengali

অত্যধিক

স্বাভাবিক বা সঠিক সীমা অতিক্রম একটি ডিগ্রী

🇮🇳Tamil

அதிகமாக

இயல்பான அல்லது சரியான வரம்புகளை மீறும் அளவிற்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

అతిగా

సాధారణ లేదా సరైన పరిమితులను మించిన స్థాయికి

🇮🇳Marathi

जास्त

सामान्य किंवा योग्य मर्यादेपेक्षा जास्त प्रमाणात

🇮🇳Gujarati

અતિશય

સામાન્ય અથવા યોગ્ય મર્યાદા ઓળંગી ડિગ્રી સુધી

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಪರೀತವಾಗಿ

ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಸರಿಯಾದ ಮಿತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮೀರಿದ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അമിതമായി

സാധാരണ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശരിയായ പരിധി കവിയുന്ന ഒരു പരിധി വരെ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ

ਸਧਾਰਣ ਜਾਂ ਸਹੀ ਸੀਮਾ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਦੀ ਡਿਗਰੀ ਤੱਕ

🇵🇰Urdu

ضرورت سے زیادہ

عام یا مناسب حد سے زیادہ حد تک

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

过度地

超过正常或适当限度的程度

🇯🇵Japanese

過度に

正常または適切な限度を超える程度

🇰🇷Korean

지나치게

정상 또는 적절한 한도를 초과하는 정도

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quá mức

ở một mức độ vượt quá giới hạn bình thường hoặc thích hợp

🇹🇭Thai

มากเกินไป

เกินขอบเขตปกติหรือเหมาะสม

🇮🇩Indonesian

berlebihan

sampai pada tingkat yang melampaui batas normal atau wajar

🇵🇭Filipino

sobra-sobra

sa antas na lampas sa normal o tamang mga limitasyon

🇲🇾Malay

secara berlebihan

ke tahap yang melebihi had biasa atau sepatutnya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بشكل مفرط

بدرجة تتجاوز الحدود الطبيعية أو المناسبة

🇮🇷Persian

بیش از حد

تا حدی فراتر از حد نرمال یا مناسب

🇹🇷Turkish

aşırı derecede

normal veya uygun sınırları aşan bir dereceye kadar

🇮🇱Hebrew

בצורה מוגזמת

במידה החורגת מהגבולות הרגילים או הראויים

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The primary meaning of 'excessively' is 'to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits'.

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