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excessively

[ ik-ses-iv-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a way that goes beyond the usual, necessary, or proper limit or degree:

    Applying an excessively thick layer of mulch limits oxygen in the soil and can suffocate the plants.



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The lead single, the self-satirizing “Obnoxious,” released in February, finds Bridges singing hilariously about self-indulgence, eating and drinking excessively, and popping pills.

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But run them too low, and they risk wearing the floor excessively - and that's what happened.

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"I want to see this mission woven into the very fabric of our regulators through a cultural shift from excessively focusing on risk to helping drive growth," Reeves said.

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The excessively high neurotransmission that results produces the symptoms we know as epilepsy.

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“If you excessively avoid things that are aversive, that comes at the cost of getting rewards, finding mates, getting food, and things like that,” Kheirbek told Salon in a phone interview.

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