prohibitively

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a prohibitive manner.
    — Ghostlily, motherlily, manlily, beastlily are all dictionary-approved but prohibitively awkward, as is, in another way, lily-liveredly, Likylikely, though . . . […] In American English, at least, there seems to be no way to say something along these lines: “For the nine months I carried you, growing inside me, no charge,” Tammy Wynette sang motherlily.
  2. To a prohibitive extent.
    — a prohibitively expensive gift

词形变化

more prohibitively comparative most prohibitively superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English prohibitive
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English prohibitively
From prohibitive + -ly.
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