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Definition of Excessive
Excessive

Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

Related Definitions:
By, Characterized, Excess, Exhibiting, Or, Overmuch


Excessive Quotations

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.
Plato

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
Plato

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Francis Bacon

Excessive literary production is a social offense.
George Eliot

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.
William James

Excessive Translations

excessive in Afrikaans is ekstreem
excessive in Dutch is extreem, buitensporig, excessief
excessive in Italian is esuberante, esuberante, libertino
excessive in Latin is immodicus
excessive in Norwegian is overdreven
excessive in Portuguese is excessivo
excessive in Spanish is excesivo, licencioso, desmesurado


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