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wastingly

adverb

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adv

Etymology: From wasting + -ly.

  1. In a way that causes wastage; wastefully.

    As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable contents.