Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; vulgarly; stupidly; shamefully.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in a
gross manner; withoutdelicacy - adverb archaic
roughly ;approximately ;inexactly ;sketchily
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a gross manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many times in recent months Washington had seen his name grossly slandered and his character blasted in print, but this publication might go further than all others in damage to his reputation.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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Many times in recent months Washington had seen his name grossly slandered and his character blasted in print, but this publication might go further than all others in damage to his reputation.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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Many times in recent months Washington had seen his name grossly slandered and his character blasted in print, but this publication might go further than all others in damage to his reputation.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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Many times in recent months Washington had seen his name grossly slandered and his character blasted in print, but this publication might go further than all others in damage to his reputation.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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His questions also related to what he described as grossly overpriced acquisitions of three small companies in Japan several years ago.
Ousted Olympus President Cites Clash Over Deals Juro Osawa 2011
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He was reacting to what he described as grossly incorrect and mischievous media reports about the ANC and Mpumalanga province.
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Olympic kayaking double gold medallist and surf lifesaving instructor Alan Thompson said he was horrified at the reports, which he described as grossly exaggerated and over-dramatised.
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Olympic kayaking double gold medallist and surf lifesaving instructor Alan Thompson said he was horrified at the reports, which he described as grossly exaggerated and over-dramatised.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2009
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Olympic kayaking double gold medallist and surf lifesaving instructor Alan Thompson said he was horrified at the reports, which he described as grossly exaggerated and over-dramatised.
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Good old CNN has a picture of this smug-looking autocrat (indeed, Swaziland is one of the last absolute monarchies in the world, if you don't count Zimbabwe), dressed in what they describe as 'traditional leopard skins' and what I describe as a grossly inappropriate Halloween costume.
Muti 2008
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