Antonyms for inordinately
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : in-awr-dn-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɔr dn ɪt |
Definition of inordinately
Origin :- late 14c., "not ordered, lacking order or regularity," from Latin inordinatus "unordered, not arranged," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare "to set in order" (see order). Sense of "immoderate, excessive" is from notion of "not kept within orderly limits." Related: Inordinately; inordinateness.
- As in over : adj in addition
- As in overly : adv excessively
- As in too : adv excessively
- As in unduly : adv excessively
- As in overmuch : adv unduly
- As in exceedingly : adv very; exceptionally
- As in extremely : adv greatly, intensely
- He was not inordinately agnostic, or in the way of becoming so.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- Do you know, my Gabrielle, I have discovered that Leonora is inordinately selfish?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- He had invented the machine in question, and he was inordinately proud of it.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- His father said he was a fool, and was inordinately fond of him nevertheless.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
- Food was inordinately dear, because a high tariff had been imposed on imports.
- Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce
- He was conceited, selfish, tyrannical, and inordinately lazy.
- Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- It makes me, in any situation, just inordinately and submissively see things.
- Extract from : « The Patagonia » by Henry James
- Inordinately, I say, but only in the estimation of such as have no eye to the picturesque.
- Extract from : « I and My Chimney » by Herman Melville
- Then he explained his invention, of which he was inordinately proud.
- Extract from : « The Elusive Pimpernel » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- I have never seen a human being so inordinately contented with the world.
- Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
Synonyms for inordinately
- acutely
- additionally
- almighty
- awfully
- beyond
- disproportionately
- drastically
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceptionally
- excessively
- exorbitantly
- extra
- extraordinarily
- extravagantly
- extremely
- greatly
- highly
- hugely
- illegally
- immensely
- immoderately
- improperly
- in a marked degree
- in excess
- indecorously
- inordinately
- intensely
- left over
- markedly
- more
- mortally
- notably
- out of proportion
- over
- over and above
- overfull
- overly
- overmuch
- parlous
- plenty
- powerful
- prohibitively
- quite
- radically
- rarely
- really
- remaining
- remarkably
- severely
- strikingly
- superfluous
- superlatively
- surpassingly
- surplus
- terribly
- terrifically
- to nth degree
- too
- too much
- too-too
- totally
- ultra
- uncommonly
- unconscionably
- underhandedly
- unduly
- unfairly
- unjustifiably
- unjustly
- unnecessarily
- unreasonably
- unused
- unusually
- utterly
- vastly
- very
- very much
- violently
- vitally
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