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wastefully, adv.|ˈweɪstfʊlɪ|
[f. wasteful a. + -ly2.]
In a wasteful manner.
1. In a manner involving waste; without regard to economy; prodigally, extravagantly, thriftlessly.
1513Wolsey in Lett. & Papers War France (1897) 167 That ye wol not out of the havons, but lye ther spendyng wastefully the King's vitaill and money. 1624Donne Serm. ii. (1640) 14 Never say, God hath given me these and these temporall things, and I have scattered them wastfully, surely he will give me no more. 1675Dryden Aurengz. iii. (1676) 35 Fortune..to her new-made Favourite, Morat, Her lavish hand is wastefully profuse. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. II. 33/2 Formerly the workings were carried on with less system and more wastefully than now. 1885Manch. Exam. 21 Oct. 5/6 The tin clippings are wastefully thrown into the river.
†2. Destructively, ruinously. Obs. rare.
c1557Abp. Parker Ps. cii. 286 Ah God my God to wastefully Cut not my dayes by halfe away Where thy yeares last eternally. 1791F. Burney Diary July, Scarce any misfortune..can so wastefully desolate the very soul of my existence as a banishment..from those I love. |