exorbitantly, adv.
(ɛgˈzɔːbɪtəntlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an exorbitant manner or degree; at an exorbitant rate.
| a 1635 Sibbes Serm. John xiv. 11 Affections are..raised up irregularly and exorbitantly. 1668 Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 604 Using the power..so exorbitantly. 1693 Congreve Double Dealer iii. x, The old fat fool that paints so exorbitantly. 1711 Vind. Sacheverell 20, I know you to be exorbitantly wicked. 1837 Syd. Smith Let. Singleton Wks. 1859 II. 257/1 Incomes..exorbitantly and absurdly great. 1864 Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 220, I get plenty of cream, quite good, paying for it exorbitantly. |