Ex*cess"ive (&ebreve;k*s&ebreve;s"&ibreve;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.