extravagantly


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
extravagant /ɪkˈstravəg(ə)nt, ɛk-/
adjective
  • 1 lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.

    ■ resulting from or showing this: extravagant gifts.

  • 2 exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate: extravagant claims.
– derivatives
extravagance noun,
extravagancy noun,
extravagantly adverb.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘unusual, unsuitable’): from med. L. extravagant-, extravagari ‘diverge greatly’, from L. extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.
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