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Meanings of wastefully in English

In a wasteful manner.

To a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree.

Usage of wastefully in English
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But the ointment was not meant to be used quite so wastefully.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 10 (o...
2
Full of overweening contempt of Wellington, he began the fight heedlessly and wastefully.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
3
I could not give them- Ishouldnot wastefully fling them away.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
4
These rambles were but the last, sweet, wastefully-spent remnants of a happy season.
Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance
5
He here became annoyed to observe that his cigarette had been burning wastefully.
The Wrong Twin
6
Taxes could not always be raised to cover emergencies, nor collected so wastefully.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
7
And yet the effort was wild, dragged horribly and wastefully beyond the far post.
The Guardian
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He cuts inside on to his left foot but wastefully shoots straight at Buffon.
The Guardian
9
That parry travelled as far as Miguel Almirón but the Paraguayan headed wastefully wide.
The Guardian
10
This has enabled its critics to claim that it is operated inefficiently and wastefully.
The Irish Times
11
You can accomplish by a wise restriction what is wastefully done by severe destruction.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10: Drummond to Jowett, and Ge...
12
Minus The entrance hall and two bedrooms are wastefully placed on the south, sea side
The Irish Times
13
Food is being turned into biofuel, he says, while grain is fed wastefully to animals.
The Guardian
14
The Indians killed in great numbers but seldom wastefully.
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observ...
15
But, if she finds a good leader, she slowly and wastefully repairs the early losses.
William Pitt and the Great War
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One elegant move freed Henrik Dalsgaard for a sublime cross that Jorgensen wastefully headed wide.
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Wastefully through the time