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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]: excessive adj 1: beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: {inordinate}, {undue}, {unreasonable}] 2: unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: {extravagant}, {exuberant}, {overweening}]
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