Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extravagantly

/ɛksˈtɹæv.ə.ɡənt.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: ex-trav-a-gant-ly
IPA: /ɛksˈtɹæv.ə.ɡənt.li/

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With lavish expenditure or behaviour; in an extravagant manner.

Example Sentences

"Perhaps nowhere else in insectdom is such an extravagantly flamboyant display of systemized pattern on parade."

Etymology

Etymology tree English extravagant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English extravagantly From extravagant + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more extravagantly (comparative) most extravagantly (superlative)

Derived Forms

overextravagantly

Synonyms

lavishly richly abundantly copiously profusely

Questions

How do you pronounce extravagantly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛksˈtɹæv.ə.ɡənt.li/.
What does extravagantly mean?: With lavish expenditure or behaviour; in an extravagant manner.
Where does extravagantly come from?: Etymology tree English extravagant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English extravagantly From extravagant + -ly.

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