Excessively vs Unduly - What's the difference?
excessively | unduly |
To an excessive degree.
In excess.
Undeservedly, not warranted.
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As adverbs the difference between excessively and unduly
is that excessively is to an excessive degree while unduly is undeservedly, not warranted.excessively
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- The application form was excessively complicated.
- He smoked excessively .
unduly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}
citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}