Extorsively

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Extorsive \Ex*tor"sive\, a. [See {Extort}.]
     Serving or tending to extort. [R.] --Johnson. --
     {Ex*tor"sive*ly}, adv. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  EXTORSIVELY. A technical word used in indictments for extortion. In North 
  Carolina, it seems, the crime of extortion may be charged without using this 
  word. 1 Hayw. R. 406.