usuriously

1. 1.

   to an exorbitant degree

   “prices are exorbitantly high in the capital”

   Synonymsexorbitantlyextortionately

Questions about usuriously

What does usuriously mean?

usuriously means "to an exorbitant degree".

How many syllables are in usuriously?

usuriously has 5 syllables: u-su-ri-ou-sly. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for usuriously?

Close synonyms include exorbitantly, extortionately. 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 usuriously a common word?

usuriously 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.