Excessive Definition

ĭk-sĕsĭv
adjective
Characterized by excess; being too much or too great; immoderate; inordinate.
Webster's New World
Exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit.
American Heritage
The definition of excessive is something or someone that goes beyond what is normal, acceptable or necessary.
An example of something that would be described as excessive would be smoking five packs of cigarettes a day or eating four gallons of ice cream a day.
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Origin of Excessive

  • From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus

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Excessive Sentence Examples

  • Politicians use an excessive amount of hyperbole.

  • Maybe it was the mercury in the tuna she ate or the excessive amounts of chocolate.

  • The excessive demands made upon the Jews forbade a fair rate of interest.

  • In Germany the concessions made to the pope and the reservations maintained by him in the matter of taxes and benefices were deemed excessive, and the prolonged discontent which resulted was one of the causes of the success of the Lutheran Reformation.

  • This circumstance is due to the sea-breezes, which blow with great regularity, and temper what would otherwise be an excessive heat.

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