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Definition: Extravagantly |
ExtravagantlyAdverb1. In an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely". 2. In a wasteful manner; "the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap". 3. In a rich and lavish manner; "lavishly decorated". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "extravagantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonyms: ExtravagantlySynonyms: abundantly (adv), copiously (adv), lavishly (adv), profusely (adv), richly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greatness | Furiously; (violence); severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Extravagantly |
| English words defined with "extravagantly": adoring ♦ Bepraise ♦ cattleya, consume ♦ doting ♦ effusive, emotional, extravagance ♦ fantastic, farcical, fond ♦ gushing, gushy ♦ ludicrous ♦ prodigality, profligacy, puff, puff up ♦ rattle down, rattle off, rave, reel off, ridiculous, roll off ♦ spiel, spiel off, squander ♦ ware, waste. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "extravagantly": spendthrift provision. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I do not know where my wits were, I went much too far, I talked extravagantly. |
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| "Extravagantly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Extravagantly" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 67 | 40,952 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "extravagantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 侈奢地. (various references) | |
Finnish | viettää ylellistä elämää (lead a luxurious life, live extravagantly). (various references) | |
Greek | υπερβολικά (overly). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 持て囃す (to lionize, to make much of, to praise extravagantly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | もてはやす (to lionize, to make much of, to praise extravagantly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | extravagantlyay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | extravagantemente (oddly). (various references) | |
Spanish | extravagantemente, excesivamente (excessively), profusamente (lavishly, profusely), muy lujosamente, de modo raro, con gran despilfarro. (various references) | |
Welsh | dros ben llestri (excessively, wildly). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | affluenter. (various references) |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "extravagantly" (pronounced e'kstra"vuguntlē) |
| 7 | -u g u n t l ē | arrogantly. |
| 6 | -g u n t l ē | elegantly. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, jointly, faintly, gently, intently, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-g-l-n-r-t-t-v-x-y" | |
-2 letters: extravagant. | |
-4 letters: vagrantly. | |
-5 letters: alterant, argental, galavant, relaxant, tarlatan, tarletan. | |
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