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
- 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
- acutely
- almighty
- awfully
- drastically
- exceedingly
- exceptionally
- excessively
- exorbitantly
- extraordinarily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- immoderately
- inordinately
- intensely
- markedly
- mortally
- notably
- over
- overly
- overmuch
- parlous
- plenty
- powerful
- prohibitively
- quite
- radically
- rarely
- remarkably
- severely
- strikingly
- surpassingly
- terribly
- terrifically
- to nth degree
- too
- too much
- totally
- ultra
- uncommonly
- unduly
- unusually
- utterly
- very
- violently
- vitally
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