as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
the exorbitantly priced concert tickets had us wondering if we were personally footing the bill for the band's private jet
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Recent Examples of exorbitantly
Food had been so exorbitantly expensive.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorbitantly
Adverb
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Common sense means changing a dysfunctional and overly expensive health care system that benefits insurance companies and lobbyists.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the often shy, overly genial guy who used to disappear into the background of Second City ensemble scenes, Johnny was brash, bold, a guy who had the city in his back pocket.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That idea, that the changes are most prominent in academic writing, comes up a lot, but the shift has been observed beyond academia, too.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Six separate receivers have caught touchdown passes already this season, a stark difference from a season ago when Green was criticized for being too reliant on a small number of playmakers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In addition, Apple seems to have been able to execute the upgrade without sucking up your spare storage with excessively large video files.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Sep. 2025
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Nearly a decade later, Pharrell and Adidas have come together for the Virginia Adistar Jellyfish, an excessively chunky model with puffy, tentacle-like paneling inspired by its namesake animal.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Exorbitantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorbitantly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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