adverb
- in a manner that is abnormal, excessive, or growing out unnaturally; in the way of an excrescence
Usage: formal; rare
Examples
- The architectural details grew excrescently across the façade, obscuring the original design.
- His arguments expanded excrescently, adding unnecessary tangents that weakened his main point.
- The tumor developed excrescently, spreading in an uncontrolled manner.
- The narrative branched excrescently into subplots that distracted from the central story.