Meaning

1 senses
  1. In a wasteful manner.

    verschwenderisch

    to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I feel that you're wasting your time into foolish endeavors too wastefully.

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  2. Like photons from a light source, electric motors wastefully radiate magnetic energy in all directions.

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Translations

2 languages
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Origin

From Middle English wastfully; equivalent to wasteful + -ly.

From Middle English wastfully; equivalent to wasteful + -ly.

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Forms

more wastefully, most wastefully
Comparativemore wastefully Lesson
Superlativemost wastefully

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree:prodigally

Word family

2 related words
Relatedwasteful

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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