Excessively
Excessively adverb - Beyond a normal or acceptable limit.
Hard and excessively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Excessively".
Hard
Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Excessively and hard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excessively" instead the word "Hard" as an adjective or an adverb.
Both words in one sentence
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Antiquated Linguistics: Lovecraft himself talks with excessively antiquated terms, even for 1919, making him as hard to understand as Willard.
Source: Comic Book / Providence -
Alas, Poor Villain: Not so much in the original, but in the DS version, it's hard not to feel bad for King Korol when Nimzo has Ladja execute him in an excessively brutal fashion.
Source: Video Game / Dragon Quest V -
So, she kisses him, then gives him a hard slap to the face—the latter for her excessively Nice Guy attitude making him looks of having no backbone at all.
Source: Kiss-Kiss-Slap
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Hard and Excessively. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/excessively/hard
Excessively & Hard. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/excessively/hard>.
Hard or Excessively. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/excessively/hard.
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