Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a wasteful manner; lavishly; prodigally.
Wiktionary
- adv. In a wasteful manner.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree
Etymologies
- wasteful + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In sum, if forms that should have been filled out in triplicate were, wastefully, filled out in quadruplicate, or alternatively, filled out malfeasantly in duplicate, I will leave no stone unturned to identify the culprits.”
“It just expends your energy wastefully—purposelessly.”
“Davis saved from Beckford, and the Leicester substitute Nathan Delfouneso, signed on loan from Aston Villa, blazed over before Lee Holmes was wastefully wide late on to sum up Saints' night.”
The Guardian: Southampton 0-2 Leicester City | Championship match report
“We decided not to institute an autumn mass advertising campaign to encourage flu vaccination, because this would have wastefully focused on the entire population when only at-risk groups are being invited for vaccination," Lansley said.”
The Guardian: Most pregnant women have not had flu jab, Andrew Lansley admits
“Does “driving normally” mean “driving wastefully”?”
“To him slogging is "going cocoa" while Australia's habit of wastefully sticking to a middle-stump line was because they were "straining to get poles", or guilelessly only interested in bowling batsmen out.”
The Guardian: Aussie cricket commentators have been a breath of fresh air on air | Rob Bagchi
“Research by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care documents that, on average, more than 40% of Americans are not receiving the care most likely to help them and that, even when they do, it is often provided wastefully.”
The Wall Street Journal: More Transparency, Better Health Care
“Either I must throw overboard all my old values of money and look upon it as something to be flung about wastefully, or I must throw overboard my comradeship with these men whose peculiar quirks made them like strong drink.”
“A steward is respectful of his charge and does not abuse it or use it wastefully.”
Democrats declare war on West Virginia. Again. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
“In Craig Noone and Ashley Barnes they boast attackers who glide menacingly into areas defenders detest, the latter skying wastefully over the bar in the opening exchanges after Craig Mackail-Smith's shot had been palmed out by Keiren Westwood.”
The Guardian: Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Sunderland | Carling Cup match report
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