as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
the exorbitantly priced concert tickets had us wondering if we were personally footing the bill for the band's private jet
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Recent Examples of exorbitantly
Because there are no Trader Joe's stores abroad, resale prices, such as those listed for American consumers, are often exorbitantly higher than the price paid in-store.
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Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
If Alabama loses, fans may call for DeBoer to be fired, but that would be exorbitantly expensive for the university.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 19 Dec. 2025
There’s a Sondheimian rhythm to its profanities, and its exorbitantly long music montages swell with unguarded feeling.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Antonoff appeared to rebuff this assertion, especially in light of the way the extremely active resale markets often push prices to exorbitantly high points.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Food had been so exorbitantly expensive.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorbitantly
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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with less knowledge or skill feel overly confident.—
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Officials in Brussels, Berlin, and Paris viewed early proposals as overly concessive to Moscow, insufficiently safeguarding Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity — particularly regarding Donbas, Crimea, and possible concessions beyond current lines of control.—
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With the offices too small for his liking, Vince converted the executive conference room into his personal suite.—
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Her lips shine, too, with an ombré look in tawny brown hues, an effect created by makeup artist Bella Mayven with Charlotte Tilbury's Lip Cheat pencil in Foxy Brown and Big Lip Plumpgasm gloss in Nudegasm Diamonds.—
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Does your ankle wobble excessively or feel unstable?—
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Another recall in October affected more than 63,000 vehicles due to excessively bright headlights that risked blinding other drivers.—
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“Exorbitantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorbitantly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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