wastefully

1. 1.

   to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree

   “we are still prodigally rich compared to others”

   Synonymsprodigally

Questions about wastefully

What does wastefully mean?

wastefully means "to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree".

How many syllables are in wastefully?

wastefully has 4 syllables and divides as wa-ste-ful-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for wastefully?

Close synonyms include prodigally. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wastefully a common word?

wastefully is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.