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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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MONASTICISM
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