prohibitively

1. 1.

   to a prohibitive degree

   “it is prohibitively expensive”

Questions about prohibitively

What does prohibitively mean?

prohibitively means "to a prohibitive degree".

How many syllables are in prohibitively?

prohibitively has 5 syllables: prohi-bit-i-ve-ly. The stress falls on "bit". In IPA it is /pɹoʊˈhɪbətɪvli/.

Is prohibitively a common word?

prohibitively 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.