Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-TRAV'A-GANT-LY, adv.

1. In an extravagant manner; wildly; not within the limits of truth or probability. Men often write and talk extravagantly.
2. Unreasonably; excessively. It is prudent not to praise or censure extravagantly.
3. In a manner to use property without necessity or propriety, or to no good purpose; expensively, or profusely to an unjustifiable degree; as, to live, eat, drink, or dress extravagantly.