extortionately

1. 1.

   to an exorbitant degree

   “prices are exorbitantly high in the capital”

   Synonymsexorbitantlyusuriously

Questions about extortionately

What does extortionately mean?

extortionately means "to an exorbitant degree".

How many syllables are in extortionately?

extortionately has 7 syllables: ex-tor-ti-o-na-te-ly. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for extortionately?

Close synonyms include exorbitantly, usuriously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is extortionately a common word?

extortionately is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.