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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

extravagantly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ɛksˈtɹæv.ə.ɡənt.li/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English extravagant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English extravagantly From extravagant + -ly.

Meanings

  1. With lavish expenditure or behaviour; in an extravagant manner.
    • Perhaps nowhere else in insectdom is such an extravagantly flamboyant display of systemized pattern on parade. 2008, Christopher Marley, Pheromone: the Insect Artwork of Christopher Marley, page 242:

Forms

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most extravagantly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more extravagantly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

overextravagantly

Translations (4)

la affluenter (with lavish expenditure) · bg разточително (with lavish expenditure) · bg екстравагантно (with lavish expenditure) · es costosamente (with lavish expenditure)