Adverb

(en adverb)

To an excessive degree.

The application form was excessively complicated.

In excess.

He smoked excessively .

Adverb

(en adverb)

(obsolete) greatly; excessively

* {{quote-book, year=1852, author=J. Fenimore Cooper, title=The Two Admirals, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Well, at that moment the Frenchman lifted for'ard, on a heavy swell, and let drive at us, with all his forecastle guns, fired as it might be with one priming--" "That was bad gunnery," growled Tom Sponge, "it racks a ship woundily ." }}

* {{quote-book, year=1893, author=George Borrow, title=Lavengro, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Well, I did not like such usage at all, and was woundily frightened, and tried to keep as much out of his way as possible, going anywhere but where I thought I was likely to meet him; and sure enough for several months I contrived to keep out of his way. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1904, author=J. Sheridan Le Fanu, title=The House by the Church-Yard, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage='Tut, Sir, this O'Flaherty has not been three weeks among us,' spluttered out the general, who was woundily jealous of the honour of his corps. }}