inordinately

[ in-awr-dn-it-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way or to a degree that goes beyond proper or reasonable limits; immoderately or excessively:

   He was inordinately proud of his ability to read Latin.

   If your teen is inordinately anxious about school and grades, this is the time to be watchful.

2. in a disordered or uncontrolled way:

   All economists, I am advised, agree that the principle of competition operates inordinately in certain industries.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inordinately¹

First recorded in 1425–75; inordinate ( def ) + -ly ( def )

Example Sentences

South Korea has a notoriously high-pressure entertainment industry, with celebrities often held to inordinately high social standards and placed under extreme scrutiny.

From BBC

By most traditional measures, Trump Media’s valuation is inordinately high.

From New York Times

She went from weepy to ecstatic to inordinately sincere and back again, zig-zagging her way through a script some committee of Trump campaign staffers had lashed together for her to act her way through.

From Salon

And “Schindler’s List,” it’s worth acknowledging, is inordinately at times almost indecently entertaining.

From Los Angeles Times

Kise rehashed the same argument he made at the end of the day Thursday, griping about how “things are frequently, if not inordinately, against us on every major issue.”

From Salon

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