Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exorbitantly

/ɪɡˈzoɹbətəntli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: ex-or-bi-tant-ly
IPA: /ɪɡˈzoɹbətəntli/

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an exorbitant manner, excessively.

Example Sentences

"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."
"[…] 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,[…]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English exorbitant Middle English -ly English -ly English exorbitantly From exorbitant + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪɡˈzoɹbətəntli/
British English: /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtəntliː/

Inflected Forms

more exorbitantly (comparative) most exorbitantly (superlative)

Synonyms

extortionately usuriously

Questions

How do you pronounce exorbitantly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪɡˈzoɹbətəntli/.
What does exorbitantly mean?: In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
Where does exorbitantly come from?: Etymology tree English exorbitant Middle English -ly English -ly English exorbitantly From exorbitant + -ly.

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