If you describe the amount or level of something as ~, you disapprove of it because it is more or higher than is necessary or reasonable.
...the alleged use of ~ force by police...
The government says that local authority spending is ~.
ADJ disapproval
~ly
Managers are also accused of paying themselves ~ly high salaries...
Mum had started taking pills and drinking ~ly.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v