Antonyms for prohibitively

Grammar : Adv

Spell : proh-hib-i-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈhɪb ɪ tɪv

Definition of prohibitively

Origin : c.1600, "having the quality of prohibiting," from prohibit + -ive, or else from French prohibitif (16c.), from Late Latin prohibit-, past participle stem of prohibere. Of prices, rates, etc., "so high as to prevent use," it is from 1886. Related: Prohibitively.

As in extremely : adv greatly, intensely

Example sentences :

It would have been prohibitively difficult to drag anything up.
Extract from : « The Rules of the Game » by Stewart Edward White

He would have liked to but the trip was prohibitively expensive.
Extract from : « Benefits Forgot » by Honor Willsie

The method of editorial expression in the magazines of 1889 was also distinctly vague and prohibitively impersonal.
Extract from : « The Americanization of Edward Bok » by Edward William Bok

Group D, after the first raking, shows a prohibitively low and constantly decreasing capacity.
Extract from : « Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 » by E. D. Hardy

All water supply planning must consider it, for to build against any conceivable shortage would be prohibitively expensive.
Extract from : « The Nation's River » by United States Department of the Interior

Synonyms for prohibitively

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