Wastefully

Wasteful Waste"ful, a. 1. Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses. [1913 Webster]

2. Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition. [1913 Webster]

3. Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

In wilderness and wasteful desert strayed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Lavish; profuse; prodigal; extravagant. [1913 Webster] -- {Waste"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Waste"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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wastefully — wasteful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. DERIVATIVES wastefully adverb wastefulness noun … English terms dictionary
wastefully adv — I need to go on a diet, said Tom wastefully … English expressions
wastefully — adverb see wasteful … New Collegiate Dictionary
wastefully — See wasteful. * * * … Universalium
wastefully — adverb In a wasteful manner … Wiktionary
wastefully — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. extravagantly, profligately, improvidently, carelessly, wildly, immoderately, thriftlessly, recklessly, prodigally, destructively, unstintedly, incontinently, foolishly, lavishly, inconsiderately, openhandedly,… … English dictionary for students
wastefully — adv. in a manner that uses more than is required, squanderingly … English contemporary dictionary
wastefully — waste·ful·ly … English syllables
wastefully — See: wasteful … English dictionary
wastefully — adverb to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree we are still prodigally rich compared to others • Syn: ↑prodigally • Derived from adjective: ↑prodigal (for: ↑prodigally), ↑wasteful … Useful english dictionary

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