Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Lavishly; extravagantly.

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  • adverb In a way that causes wastage; wastefully.

Etymologies

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wasting +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable contents.

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable contents.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable contents.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • But with your betters, you are not to put riddles of wit, by being too scarce of words; not to cause the trouble of making breviates by writing too riotous and wastingly.

    Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems Ben Jonson 1605

  • FEW things are harder - or more time-wastingly fun - than comparing great athletes from different sports.

    unknown title 2009

  • As in decapitating the whale, the operator’s instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable contents.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

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