grossly en · ADV
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɡɹoʊsli/ (General-American)
- /ˈɡɹəʊsli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English gross Middle English -ly English -ly English grossly From gross + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Greatly; to a large degree, especially one large enough to be frankly appreciable.
grossly inflated expectations
Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination".
2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:grossly enlarged hepatic lobes, evident on palpation
Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.
1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 120:
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(not-comparable) To a serious, severe, or offensive degree.
A draft deal to cut global fossil fuel production is “grossly insufficient” and “incoherent” and will not stop the world from facing dangerous climate breakdown, according to delegates at the UN’s Cop28 summit.
2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, “Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:grossly inflamed
grossly misjudged
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(informal, not-comparable) In a gross (disgusting) manner; without delicacy.
The men were talking grossly about their sexual conquests.
- (archaic, not-comparable) Roughly; approximately; inexactly; sketchily.
Coordinates
Synonyms
gravely · disgustingly · flagrantly
Translations (10)
ka უხეშად (in a gross manner) · pt indelicadamente (in a gross manner) · bg вулгарно (in a gross manner) · es groseramente (in a gross manner) · fi härskisti (in a gross manner) · fi törkeästi (in a gross manner) · fr grossièrement (in a gross manner) · fi karkeasti (in a gross manner) · bg грубо (in a gross manner) · pt grosseiramente (in a gross manner)