| query | If you describe the amount or level of something as e________, you disapprove of it because it is more or higher than is necessary or reasonable .If you describe the amount or level of something as excessive, you disapprove of it because it is more or higher than is necessary or reasonable . ...the alleged use of excessive force by police. The government says that local authority spending is excessive. Managers are also accused of paying themselves excessively high salaries. Mum had started taking pills and drinking excessively. |
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| word | excessive |
| full-definition | adjective If you describe the amount or level of something as excessive, you disapprove of it because it is more or higher than is necessary or reasonable . ...the alleged use of excessive force by police. The government says that local authority spending is excessive. Managers are also accused of paying themselves excessively high salaries. Mum had started taking pills and drinking excessively. |
| inflections | excessively |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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