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: wa-ste-ful-ly. The stress falls on "ste".

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.