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How to use outrageously in a sentence

10 example sentences · adverb

Outrageously means in an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree. Example: “The hotel was wonderful, but the food was outrageously expensive.”

Examples of outrageously by meaning

adverbIn an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.

  • The hotel was wonderful, but the food was outrageously expensive.

More sentences with outrageously

  • If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously, I would do the same thing to him.1996, “Return to Grace”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 14 (Science Fiction), →OCLC. From the entry setback
  • In a single traveling shot, held an outrageously long time, De Sica simply records the astounding sight of an ungirdled Ms.2008 June 10, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs: Deneuve and Loren Still Haunt the Screen”, in New York Times. From the entry ungirdled
  • Friends alerted us to an overstuffed chair that someone on the far side of the ballpark was, outrageously, throwing out.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry overstuffed
  • England's David Beckham and Brazil's Roberto Carlos were purveoyrs of the so-called ‘banana kick’ – where the ball curves outrageously to deceive the goalkeeper.2024 April 7, Jonathan Chadwick, “How to bend it like Beckham: Scientists reveal the formula for a winning football match – and why…. From the entry bend it like Beckham
  • Monica flirted with her outrageously, but Deosil made a point of toeing the line between flirting and actually sleeping with festival folk.2017, Joseph D. Carriker Jr., Sacred Band, Maple Shade, N.J.: Lethe Press, →ISBN, page 85. From the entry toe the line
  • At other times the crowd below behaves more outrageously: The bystanders engage in "suicide baiting." They jeer and dare away at the wretch.1994, Dean Keith Simonton, Greatness. From the entry suicide baiting
  • The particular kind of chaos that is created by the hospitality of a rich upstart has perhaps never been so accurately and outrageously described.1911, G. K. Chesterton, “Our Mutual Friend”, in Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens, London: J. M. Dent & Sons…. From the entry swell mob
  • The stalked 'periscope' eyes of the Fiddler crab, which give it a panoramic view all the better to appreciate the outrageously pumped-up left claws of its waving fellows.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 107. From the entry pumped-up
  • Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense.2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian. From the entry tangy

Meaning of outrageously

  1. adverb In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.

Full definition of outrageously

Questions about outrageously in a sentence

How do you use outrageously in a sentence?
Outrageously is used as an adverb. For example: “The hotel was wonderful, but the food was outrageously expensive.”
What is a short sentence with outrageously?
“The hotel was wonderful, but the food was outrageously expensive.”
What does outrageously mean?
Outrageously means in an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.

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