inordinately

English

Etymology

inordinate +‎ -ly

Adverb

inordinately (comparative more inordinately, superlative most inordinately)

  1. In an inordinate manner.
    • December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian‎:
      They’d [nucelar reactors] become inordinately expensive to build and maintain, in any case, especially compared to solar and wind installations.
    • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 173:
      And then she giggles, inordinately pleased by her own cleverness.
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