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outrageously

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out·ra·geous  (out-rjs)
adj.
1.
a. Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
b. Being well beyond the bounds of good taste: outrageous epithets.
2. Having no regard for morality.
3. Violent or unrestrained in temperament or behavior.
4.
a. Extremely unusual or unconventional; extraordinary: loved to dress in outrageous clothing; found some outrageous bargains.
b. Being beyond all reason; extravagant or immoderate: spends an outrageous amount on entertainment.

out·rageous·ly adv.
out·rageous·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.outrageously - in a very offensive manner; "he behaved outrageously"
2.outrageously - to an extravagant or immoderate degree; "atrociously expensive"
Translations
outrageously [aʊtˈreɪdʒəslɪ] ADV
1. (= shockingly, intolerably) [behave] → de manera escandalosa
she flirted with him outrageouslyera escandaloso cómo flirteaba con él, flirteaba de manera escandalosa con él
2. (= extravagantly) [dress] → de forma extravagante, de forma estrafalaria
3. (= extremely) [unfair, racist] → terriblemente; [expensive] → escandalosamente
his latest comedy is outrageously funnysu última comedia es para desternillarse
outrageously [aʊtˈreɪdʒəsli] adv
[expensive] → outrageusement; [camp] → outrageusement
outrageously unfair → d'une injustice révoltante
outrageously funny → des plus burlesques
[flirt] → de manière éhontée
[behave] → de manière scandaleuse
outreach programme outreach program [ˈaʊtriːtʃ] n (US)programme m de proximité
outreach work [ˈaʊtriːtʃ] ntravail m de proximité
outreach worker [ˈaʊtriːtʃ] ntravailleur/euse m/f de proximité
outrageously
adv expensiveunerhört; flirtunverschämt; behaveunerhört, unmöglich; lieschamlos; exaggerate alsomasslos; made-up also, dressedunmöglich (inf); he suggested/demanded quite outrageously that …er machte den unerhörten Vorschlag/er stellte die unerhörte Forderung, dass …; an outrageously low necklineein schamlos tiefer Ausschnitt; he’s outrageously over the toper ist total ausgefallen; outrageously funnyzum Schreien komisch
outrageously [aʊtˈreɪdʒəslɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo scioccante, in modo stravagante, in modo atroce; (expensive) → terribilmente
outrageously [aʊtˈreɪdʒəslɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo scioccante, in modo stravagante, in modo atroce; (expensive) → terribilmente


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Philip tried sometimes to put in something to help his friend, and Weeks gently crushed him, but so kindly, differently from the way in which he answered Hayward, that even Philip, outrageously sensitive, could not feel hurt.
There was an outrageously lucky digger, another invalid, for he would drink nothing but champagne with every meal and at any minute of the day, and I have seen him pitch raw gold at the sea-birds by the hour together.
At that moment there was something so ridiculous to my mind at the idea of eating and drinking diamonds, that I began to laugh outrageously, an example which the others followed, without knowing why.
 
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