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exorbitantly, adv.|ɛgˈzɔːbɪtəntlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an exorbitant manner or degree; at an exorbitant rate.
a1635Sibbes Serm. John xiv. 11 Affections are..raised up irregularly and exorbitantly. 1668Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 604 Using the power..so exorbitantly. 1693Congreve Double Dealer iii. x, The old fat fool that paints so exorbitantly. 1711Vind. Sacheverell 20, I know you to be exorbitantly wicked. 1837Syd. Smith Let. Singleton Wks. 1859 II. 257/1 Incomes..exorbitantly and absurdly great. 1864Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 220, I get plenty of cream, quite good, paying for it exorbitantly. |