† wastelyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
Unprofitably.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] > uselessly or unprofitably
wastelya1382
unnaita1400
unnaitlikea1400
ungainfully1593
ungainsomely1662
profitlessly1832
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxx. 7 Egipt forsothe wastli, and in veyn [L. frustra et vane, a1425 in veyn, and idili] shal helpen.
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adv.a1382- to put, set an edge upon
- to put, set an esteem, a high, low esteem upon
- to put, set esteem, a high, low esteem upon
- to put, set etc store upon
- to put, set great store upon
- to put, set one's shoulder to
- to put, set or lay by
- to put, set store upon
- to put, set upon the full stretch
- to put, set upon the stretch
- to put, set, place, etc on the rack
- to put, set, strain, stretch on the tenterhooks
- to put, set, stretch, etc on tenter(s
- to put, set, stretch, etc on the tenter(s
- to puzzle one's brain
- to puzzle one's brains
- to puzzle out
- to quack titles
- to quake in one's boots
- to quake in one's shoes
- to qualify on
- to qualify with
- to quarrel with one's bread and butter
- to quarter out
- to queem