WASTEFULLY

wastefully, prodigally

(adverb) to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree; “we are still prodigally rich compared to others”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

wastefully (comparative more wastefully, superlative most wastefully)

In a wasteful manner.

Source: Wiktionary


WASTEFUL

Waste"ful, c.

1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as; wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses.

2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.

3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.] In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. Spenser.

Syn.

– Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant.

– Waste"ful*ly, adv.

– Waste"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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