extravagantly

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈstrævəɡəntli/ UK /ɪkˈstrævəɡəntli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a wastefully lavish or excessive manner

They decorated the hall extravagantly for the wedding.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a wastefully lavish or... lavishly excessivelywastefullyimmoderately exorbitantlyprodigally

Opposites

frugally economically moderately sparingly

Word family

Related forms extravagant extravagance extravagancy

Etymology

From extravagant + -ly. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander').

extravagari la-med vagari Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# extravagantly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈstrævəɡəntli/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈstrævəɡəntli/

## Meanings
1. in a wastefully lavish or excessive manner

## Examples
- They decorated the hall extravagantly for the wedding.

## Synonyms
- lavishly
- excessively
- wastefully
- immoderately
- exorbitantly
- prodigally

## Antonyms
- frugally
- economically
- moderately
- sparingly

## Related Forms
- extravagant
- extravagance
- extravagancy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: extravagari
- Root: vagari

## Etymology
From extravagant + -ly. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander').

## AI Etymology
Extravagantly comes from extravagant + -ly. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander'). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: -ly marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as an adverb meaning "in a wastefully lavish or excessive manner", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as extravagant, extravagance, and extravagancy, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin extravagari and Latin vagari, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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