Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an egregious manner.
Wiktionary
- adv. conspicuously badly (used negatively)
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. Greatly; enormously; shamefully.
Etymologies
- egregious + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“David Souter recently warned that it is "egregiously" wrong to think of Supreme Court Justices "just sitting there reading constitutional phrases fairly and looking at reported facts objectively to produce their judgment.”
“I'm still hopeful that Lending Club, in particular, can succeed in this space; it certainly doesn't suffer from the kind of egregiously misleading public communications that Gimein details at Prosper.”
“Virginia Attorney Gen. Ken Cuccinelli R is accusing Arlington County of engaging in "legal thuggery" with an "an egregiously frivolous" and "dirty" lawsuit against the state's proposed construction of High Occupancy Toll lanes along I-95 in Northern Virginia.”
The Washington Post: Cuccinelli accuses Arlington of playing 'dirty' with HOT lanes lawsuit
“In 2009, the Arlington County Board of Supervisors filed an egregiously frivolous lawsuit against these federal and state agencies as well as officials in their personal capacities; even audaciously accusing those officials of civil rights violations for trying to advance a transportation solution.”
The Washington Post: Cuccinelli accuses Arlington of playing 'dirty' with HOT lanes lawsuit
“Serious question, how is cutting more out of the budget egregiously out of balance with taxing people more?”
The Guardian: Obama and the budget: giving away too much? | Michael Tomasky
“The 9/11 families have suffered egregiously, but unfortunately they remain vulnerable against such unjustifiable parasitic strains.”
The Guardian: US politicians demand phone-hacking investigation after 9/11 claims
“Most egregiously, it guts programs like the Land and Water Conservation Fund and is loaded with policy changes that have no place in an appropriations bill.”
“Perhaps most egregiously, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal repeatedly claim there is no such thing as human-caused climate change, significantly retarding progress in the American business and political communities on this most important issue threatening civilization.”
“Jordan egregiously violated that agreement by annexing the West Bank and denying Israel access to its holiest sites in Jerusalem, thus effectively rendering the agreement null and void.”
The Huffington Post: David Harris: The Palestinians: Once Again Missing an Opportunity?
“Most egregiously historically incorrect movie of all time.”
The Importance of Not Being Too Earnest - Follow Up at SF Novelists
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September Words-10033
During the month of September, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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The Last Werewolf
This novel by Glen Duncan, aside from being a ripping yarn and beautifully written, is just littered with words that I had to look up and discover that often his use of the word not only fitted per...
gurns, bok, chimney breast, dichotomy, Platonic form, filthy, Platonic Form, mathematics, BAM, skirls, clarity, blundering and 298 more...
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My List
A list of words that I have generated over time.
cairn, cacodaemoniacal, abash, abject, abjure, abstemious, abhor, abnegate, abnegation, abscond, abstruse, acclivity and 702 more...
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Words i had to look up
hermeneutics, flimflam, semi-parodic, motes, susurrations, phantasm, egregiously, monoglot, galluptious, exigency, agrimony, gibbous and 111 more...
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radio quirks
provoking a smile/grin/fit of laughter when I've heard them on serious parts of speech radio
gobbety, winnowing, nerve-jangling, jittery, gyrating, amidships, unfettered, egregiously, reburnished, hundreds of honey..., ramming, emirati and 14 more...
Tweets
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Louises "One's own death sentence elicits a mad little hallelujah, and mine's egregiously overdue." "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan. Feb 25, 2012
katiegiles "Cable conpanies were thus napsterizing broadcasters' content, but more egregiously than anything Napster ever did..." -Norton field guide to writing Sep 29, 2010