extortionately

An adverb meaning "in a way that is extremely or unreasonably high, especially in price or cost." It is used to describe something that is excessively expensive or demands an unfair amount.

• 🇫🇷Adverbe signifiant « d'une manière ou à un degré extrêmement ou déraisonnablement élevé, en particulier en parlant d'un prix ou d'un coût ». S'emploie pour décrire quelque chose d'excessivement cher ou exigeant une somme injuste.

1. Excessively high price C1 formal

   In a way that is unreasonably or excessively high, especially regarding cost or price.

   • The hotel charged extortionately for a simple room.
   • They were paying extortionately high fees for basic services.
   • The taxi fare was extortionately expensive for such a short distance.

   🇫🇷de manière exorbitante

   Synonymes: astronomicallyexcessivelyexorbitantlyinordinatelyoutrageouslyunreasonably

   Antonymes: cheaplyinexpensivelyreasonably

• more extortionately comparative form
• most extortionately superlative form