EXTORTIONATELY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

extortionately

adverb

as in unreasonably

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The city will not unreasonably withhold lease extensions if the center meets its performance requirements.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The Sherman Act is a federal law that prohibits certain agreements that unreasonably restrain trade.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of unreasonably

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Each character is obscenely wealthy and politically influential, and both have important totems that are meant to express an ineluctable truth about them.

— Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Some of his best work came from behind the Weekend Update desk, particularly as the always-opinionated Drunk Uncle, secondhand news guy Anthony Crispino, or the obscenely orange Snooki from Jersey Shore.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of obscenely

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With the mayor unconscionably on the sidelines, the council should identify a few leaders — Finance Committee Chair Pat Dowell, 3rd, and former committee chair Scott Waguespack, 32nd, come to mind — to see if a deal with real benefits for the city can be struck in the next few weeks.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Cicero has been my nemesis in this book, for unconscionably grasping for elder power and offering up rationales for doing so repeated over the centuries.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

Definition of unconscionably

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Her inconsistencies raised alarms for police, as the closed barn loft would have been unbearably hot that day to have visited voluntarily, per American Heritage.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
During the 2014 Gaza War, that lesson became unbearably personal.

— Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of unbearably

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That has become increasingly difficult as the level of scrutiny increases year-on-year, while standards of behaviour on and off the field inexcusably continue to fall.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 9 July 2026
After the storm, attempts to rescue people trapped in their homes and to get them out of town were inexcusably slow.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025

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