Egregiously
//ɪˈɡɹid͡ʒəsli// adv
adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 conspicuously badly (used negatively)
"This myopia has has also afflicted the tram sector - most egregiously when Alastair Darling, as transport secretary, cancelled Merseytram, Leeds Supertram, the South Hampshire Rapid Transit scheme, and an extension to Manchester Metrolink (subsequently reversed) in 2004-05."
Example
More examples"Imogen of the Internet cannot look at a cat, even a dead one, without coming up with a blood-curdlingly saccharine, egregiously misspelled caption in 60-point white Impact."
Etymology
From egregious + -ly.
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