Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an egregious manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Greatly; enormously; shamefully.
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- adverb
conspicuously badly (used negatively)
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Examples
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David Souter recently warned that it is "egregiously" wrong to think of Supreme Court Justices "just sitting there reading constitutional phrases fairly and looking at reported facts objectively to produce their judgment."
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David Souter recently warned that it is "egregiously" wrong to think of Supreme Court Justices "just sitting there reading constitutional phrases fairly and looking at reported facts objectively to produce their judgment."
John Paul Rollert: A Coda to the Kagan Nomination: Empathy, Impartiality and the (Mis)Education of Jeff Sessions John Paul Rollert 2010
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I'm still hopeful that Lending Club, in particular, can succeed in this space; it certainly doesn't suffer from the kind of egregiously misleading public communications that Gimein details at Prosper.
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Perhaps most egregiously, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal repeatedly claim there is no such thing as human-caused climate change, significantly retarding progress in the American business and political communities on this most important issue threatening civilization.
David Fenton: Don't Let Murdoch Outfox Britain: A Warning From Across the Atlantic David Fenton 2011
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Most egregiously, it guts programs like the Land and Water Conservation Fund and is loaded with policy changes that have no place in an appropriations bill.
Rep. Mike Honda: Republicans Throw Conservation to Curb, Eviscerate EPA, and Pump Pollutants Into America's Air, Water and Land Rep. Mike Honda 2011
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Virginia Attorney Gen. Ken Cuccinelli R is accusing Arlington County of engaging in "legal thuggery" with an "an egregiously frivolous" and "dirty" lawsuit against the state's proposed construction of High Occupancy Toll lanes along I-95 in Northern Virginia.
Cuccinelli accuses Arlington of playing 'dirty' with HOT lanes lawsuit Rosalind S. Helderman 2011
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In 2009, the Arlington County Board of Supervisors filed an egregiously frivolous lawsuit against these federal and state agencies as well as officials in their personal capacities; even audaciously accusing those officials of civil rights violations for trying to advance a transportation solution.
Cuccinelli accuses Arlington of playing 'dirty' with HOT lanes lawsuit Rosalind S. Helderman 2011
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Perhaps most egregiously, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal repeatedly claim there is no such thing as human-caused climate change, significantly retarding progress in the American business and political communities on this most important issue threatening civilization.
David Fenton: Don't Let Murdoch Outfox Britain: A Warning From Across the Atlantic David Fenton 2011
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Serious question, how is cutting more out of the budget egregiously out of balance with taxing people more?
Obama and the budget: giving away too much? | Michael Tomasky 2011
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The 9/11 families have suffered egregiously, but unfortunately they remain vulnerable against such unjustifiable parasitic strains.
US politicians demand phone-hacking investigation after 9/11 claims 2011
katiegiles commented on the word egregiously
"Cable conpanies were thus napsterizing broadcasters' content, but more egregiously than anything Napster ever did..." -Norton field guide to writing
September 29, 2010
Louises commented on the word egregiously
"One's own death sentence elicits a mad little hallelujah, and mine's egregiously overdue." "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
February 25, 2012