Inordinately

adv

adv ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an inordinate manner.

    "Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seeds, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise, on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could support the product."

Adverb
  1. 1
    to a surprising degree wordnet

Example

More examples

"Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seeds, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise, on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could support the product."

Etymology

From inordinate + -ly.

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