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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a wasteful manner; lavishly; prodigally.

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  • adverb In a wasteful manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree

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wasteful +‎ -ly

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