outrageously
16
5.8
- adverb
- /aʊtˈreɪdʒəsli/
- His outrageously rude behavior at the dinner party shocked everyone present.
- outrageously expensive
- outrageously funny
- outrageously high
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- You have to go and have these outrageously fascinating personal lives.
- I know that is outrageously disgusting, but I'm dead ass serious.
- It's not super complicated, you know, it's, it's outrageously obvious.
- You have got to be able to take the most outrageously abominable Postscript and not crash.
- That is that is so outrageously inaccurate and it's so insulting.
- It just seems too wild and I don't want to say good to be true because nobody wants a stroke, but it just seems outrageously implausible.
- In the same way that my mentor Norman Stone got a job in Oxford despite having behaved quite outrageously in Cambridge.
- I mix this with this outrageously good and finally rodial and this is the airbrush.
Examples
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The Dutch fans love their speedskating, and they dress outrageously in exotic costumes with only one color in mind.
Academic text (2004) -
Order something outrageously expensive like the alligator steak.
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It's an outrageously leading question.
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Gee, I might actually buy a pair of those outrageously priced shoes if that were the case.
Blog text (24) -
Progress was so slow and the ramp so outrageously long, I wondered if we were going to be stuck here forever.
Fiction book (2001) -
I do think some of these ports are outrageously priced at full retail, though.
Blog text (13) -
Warner Huntington III, 21, tall, chiseled, and outrageously handsome.
Fiction book (2001) -
One would be amazed to see the outrageously expensive armored vehicles traveling Kabul's bumpy roads.
Blog text (8) -
The prices at that store are outrageously high, making it difficult for many people to afford anything.
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She laughed at the outrageously funny jokes told during the comedy show.
Synonyms
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
119
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
98
3.7
In a way that is very surprising or seems impossible
94
2.7
To a very great degree
80
3.7
In a way that is much too extreme or silly
54
4.6
To a very great degree
52
4.3
In a way that is very wrong or extreme
51
3.9
To a very great degree
37
4.8
In a way that surprises or upsets people a lot
22
5.0
In a way that does not make sense or is much too extreme
20
4.0
In a way that makes people very surprised
17
4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
16
5.5
In a very ugly or shocking way
14
7.7
In a very unusual and surprising way
11
4.9
So strong or bad that you cannot stand it
8
4.7
In a wild and foolish way
8
6.5
In a way that shocks people because it is too large or unfair
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
7
5.6
In a way that makes people feel very surprised
6
8.2
In an extremely bad and obvious way that shocks people
6
4.3
Making people feel very surprised
6
7.4
In a very obvious way that breaks rules and offends people
5
6.8
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
5
6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
5
7.0
So silly or extreme that it makes people laugh
2
8.2
In a very rude and cruel way
2
7.7
In a way that is very hard to imagine
2
7.3
Much more expensive than it should be
1
6.0
In a way that is very shocking or frightening
1
7.4
In a very bad or shocking way
1
8.2
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
1
7.9
Very funny or easy to notice
1
7.8
In a very strong and unpleasant way that is easy to notice
1
7.6
In a way that is more than is reasonable
1
9.5
In a very obvious way that gets attention
To an extremely large degree
Antonyms
How Extreme
Surface Forms
Morphology
outrageously = outrageous (transparent) = outrage + ous + ly
Formed by adding the regular adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'outrageous', a standard and predictable derivation.
Etymology
The word outrageously comes from outrage, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of out + rage, an image of going 'beyond' normal limits. So, to do something outrageously is to do it in a way that is 'extremely' or 'shockingly' excessive.