Crossword clues for excessiveness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Excessiveness
Excessive \Ex*cess"ive\ ([e^]k*s[e^]s"[i^]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.
Wiktionary
excessiveness
n. The property of being excessive.
WordNet
excessiveness
n. immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits [syn: excess, inordinateness]
Usage examples of "excessiveness".
In an early case it held that it had no appellate jurisdiction to revise the sentence of an inferior court, even though the excessiveness of the fine was apparent on the face of the record.