Ex*cess"ive (&ebreve;k*s&ebreve;s"&ibreve;v), 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.
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