Excessive and Special

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Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.

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Special and excessive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Excessive".

Nearby Words: excess, excessively

Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

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Excessive and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excessive" instead an adjective "Special".

However, it's his tendency to do things by the book and high aversion against excessive violence that makes him valuable to the team of former special forces cyborgs.

Source: New Meat
The TV special Totally Minnie has Minnie Mouse giving a nerdy guy dating advice and an excessive makeover, but ends with a Be Yourself aesop.

Source: Broken Aesop / Western Animation
Most of the Crazed Cats and all Cyclones in The Battle Cats have excessive health and attack, as well as special and usually enemy-exclusive powers.

Source: SNK Boss / Other Games

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