单词 | wastefully |
释义 | wastefullyadv. In a wasteful manner. 1. In a manner involving waste; without regard to economy; prodigally, extravagantly, thriftlessly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adverb] wastefully1513 riotously?1529 prodigally1530 excessively1552 wastingly1552 lavishly1571 lashingly1573 profusedly1584 lavishingly1585 overlavishly1593 profusely1595 profligately1676 dispendiously1874 wasterfully1891 extravagantly1894 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adverb] > wastefully wastefully1513 wastingly1552 profligately1676 uneconomically1881 1513 T. Wolsey in A. Spont Lett. & Papers War France (1897) X. 167 That ye wol not out of the havons, but lye ther spendyng wastefully the King's vitaill and money. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 174 Never say, God hath given me these and these temporall things, and I have scattered them wastfully, surely he will give me no more. 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe iii. 29 Fortune..to her new-made Favourite, Morat, Her lavish hand is wastefully profuse. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 33/2 Formerly the workings were carried on with less system and more wastefully than now. 1885 Manch. Examiner 21 Oct. 5/6 The tin clippings are wastefully thrown into the river. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adverb] ruinouslyc1450 perniciously1533 consuminglya1542 wastefully?1567 locust-like1596 fatallya1616 extinctively1633 destructively1661 shatteringly1818 destroyingly1820 corrosively1831 ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cii. 286 Ah God my God: to wastefully, Cut not my dayes: by halfe away, Where thy yeares last eternally. 1791 F. Burney Let. 31 July in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 1 Scarce any misfortune..can so wastefully desolate the very soul of my Existence as a banishment..from those I love. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1513 |
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