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Wastefully

//ˈweɪstfəli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a wasteful manner.

    "Özil was narrowly wide with a free-kick after Nathaniel Chalobah fouled Danny Welbeck and Santi Cazorla shot wastefully over the bar, before Arsenal nearly managed to take the lead just before the half-hour."

Adverb
  1. 1
    to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English wastfully; equivalent to wasteful + -ly.

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