— exorbitantly , adv.
/ig zawr"bi teuhnt/ , adj.
exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.
[ 1425-75; late ME exorbitant- (s. of exorbitans, prp. of exorbitare to go out of the track), equiv. to ex- EX- 1 + orbit ( a ) wheel track (see ORBIT) + -ant- -ANT ]
Syn . inordinate, outrageous, extreme, extravagant, unreasonable, unconscionable.
Ant . fair, reasonable.