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wastefully

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waste·ful  (wstfl)
adj.
Marked by or inclined to waste; extravagant.
wasteful·ly adv.
wasteful·ness n.
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Adv.1.wastefully - to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree; "we are still prodigally rich compared to others"
prodigally
Translations
wastefully [ˈweɪstfəlɪ] ADV [use] → antieconómicamente, excesivamente
wastefully [ˈweɪstfʊli] adv
to use sth wastefully → gaspiller qch
waste ground n → terrain m vague
a piece of waste ground → un terrain vague
wastefully
adv → verschwenderisch; organized → unwirtschaftlich
wastefully [ˈweɪstfəlɪ] adv to spend wastefully → fare degli sprechi nello spendere
to use sth wastefully → non utilizzare al meglio qc
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She appeared never to have thought of that; she had been living wastefully for years, in a house five times too big for her, on a footing that I could explain only by the presumption that, excessive as it was, the space she enjoyed cost her next to nothing and that small as were her revenues they left her, for Venice, an appreciable margin.
The Aspern Papers by James, Henry View in context
Either I must throw overboard all my old values of money and look upon it as something to be flung about wastefully, or I must throw overboard my comradeship with these men whose peculiar quirks made them like strong drink.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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