Usuriously

2 definitions found

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

  Usurious \U*su"ri*ous\ (?; 277), a. [From {Usury}.]
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     1. Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest
        for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
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     2. Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a
        usurious contract.
        [1913 Webster] -- {U*su"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
        {U*su"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  usuriously
       adv : to an exorbitant degree; "prices are exorbitantly high in
             the capital" [syn: {exorbitantly}, {extortionately}]