exorbitantly

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adverb

In an exorbitant manner, excessively.

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Meanings

adverbexorbitantly (comparative more exorbitantly, superlative most exorbitantly)

comparative more exorbitantly · superlative most exorbitantly

  1. In an exorbitant manner, excessively.

    Now on adding of a single gene to it, the entire variety is claimed by some other body as if it is its own property and is attempting to exorbitantly economically misexploit at the cost of Indian Agriculture.

    2005, Sanata Mahetā, Bt Cotton: A Painful Episode : Need for Thoughtful Policy, page 184
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    […] parasiting and aerial refueling as range-extension measures. Second, parasiting would be exorbitantly expensive, because each parasite bomber would need its own carrier. Two bombers could be serviced by a single tanker, however,[…]

    2019 January 24, Michael E. Brown, Flying Blind: The Politics of the U.S. Strategic Bomber Program, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 170

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbto an exorbitant degree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinexorbitō
  2. Late Latinexorbitāns
  3. Old Frenchexorbitant
  4. Middle Englishexorbitant
  5. Englishexorbitant
  6. Englishexorbitantly

From exorbitant + -ly.

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APA

exorbitantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exorbitantly

MLA

“exorbitantly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exorbitantly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exorbitantly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exorbitantly.

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