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Meanings of extravagant in English
Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings.
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Examples for "excessive"
Examples for "excessive"
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Republicans view the law as excessive government intrusion into the healthcare market.
2
Collecting data every minute is certainly excessive; every 10 minutes should do.
3
To set a good example, you don't need to be so excessive.
4
French health authorities say this use of the newer pills is excessive.
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Did you know health and safety legislation protects you against excessive noise?
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Even at its normal price, this exuberant Spanish example offers startling value.
2
Thomas said in a level, most un exuberant voice: That's splendid, Father.
3
But beyond these individual cases, stock investors, as a group, are exuberant.
4
She was expansive in her person, prodigal in sympathy, exuberant in dress.
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Brown warned the state not to get exuberant over its improved finances.
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Will they criticise the security measures as overweening, ostentatious and largely unnecessary?
2
For clearly your jealousy of Caleb's God-given wit is overweening your reason.
3
She had cultivated an overweening conscience in her relations with Mrs. Bogardus.
4
He had the pride, at once resigned and overweening, of a doctrinaire.
5
It was, however, almost the last exhibition of his overweening youthful egotism.
Usage of extravagant in English
1
He had extravagant ideas of beginning in some much more fundamental way.
2
They are both extravagant turkey dinner occasions that last for several days.
3
Paul had never been particularly adept at accepting compliments, especially extravagant ones.
4
This grievance was rooted in the idea that she was ruinously extravagant.
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You have always heard me extravagant in the praises of the situation.
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To this day, I'm an extravagant tipper because of that paper route.
7
The second dining car was less expensive, but only slightly less extravagant.
8
Of course, the bank will pay you a fee, but nothing extravagant.
9
If possible, the makeup was more extravagant than on the previous evening.
10
The thriving overseer could afford to be extravagant once in a while.
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Here the houses were smaller or the count of the numbers extravagant.
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Some of the extravagant ideas have naturally given rise to such scepticism.
13
Mr. Parton finds in this abundant material for extravagant eulogy of Burr.
14
It was election time in Peru, and extravagant promises were being made.
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The silly fellow proceeded to back me up in my extravagant admiration.
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One will find extravagant diversions in Munich during the next few weeks.
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