GDict

prohibitively

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adv
  1. 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 al
    • Running shops and specialist running kit barely existed before the 1970s, when Bill Bowerman, founder of Nike, simultaneously launched a concept – jogging – and a product – thick-heeled running-shoes – without which the jogger’s heel-striki
  2. 2

    To a prohibitive extent.

    • a prohibitively expensive gift

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