# inordinately

**Pronunciation:** /ɪnˈɔːrdɪnətli/ · in-OR-di-nit-lee

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning

To an unusually or disproportionately high degree.

## Examples

- She felt inordinately proud of her son's small achievement.
- The waiting room was inordinately crowded for a Tuesday morning.
- He spent an inordinately long time preparing for a simple presentation.

## Synonyms

- very — General intensifier with no specific nuance.
- highly — Used for intensity or quality.
- excessively — Implies a negative, harmful amount.
- immoderately — Formal; suggests a lack of self-control.

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