Inordinately

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inordinate \In*or"di*nate\, a. [L. inordinatus disordered. See
     {In-} not, and {Ordinate}.]
     Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds;
     irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of
     the world. "Inordinate desires." --Milton. "Inordinate
     vanity." --Burke. -- {In*or"di*nate*ly}, adv. --


     {In*or"di*nate*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inordinately
       adv : extremely; "she was inordinately smart"; "it will be an
             extraordinarily painful step to negotiate" [syn: {extraordinarily}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "inordinately":
     abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully,
     beyond all bounds, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, confoundedly,
     cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, deucedly, distressingly,
     dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, ever, excessively,
     excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extortionately, extravagantly,
     extremely, flagrantly, frightfully, gougingly, grievously, grossly,
     hellishly, high, horribly, immensely, immoderately, improperly,
     inexcusably, infernally, intemperately, intolerably, lamentably,
     miserably, nakedly, openly, outrageously, over, overfull, overly,
     overmuch, overweeningly, painfully, piteously, preposterously,
     prodigally, sadly, shatteringly, shockingly, something awful,
     something fierce, sorely, staggeringly, terribly, to excess,
     to extremes, too, too much, too-too, torturously, unashamedly,
     unbearably, unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably, unreasonably,
     usuriously, without restraint, woefully