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wastefully

adv
/ˈweɪstfəli/

Etymology

From Middle English wastfully; equivalent to wasteful + -ly.

  1. inherited from wastfully

Definitions

  1. In a wasteful manner.

    • Özil was narrowly wide with a free-kick after Nathaniel Chalobah fouled Danny Welbeck and Santi Cazorla shot wastefully over the bar, before Arsenal nearly managed to take the lead just before the half-hour.
    • City carried little threat in the early stages and when they did work an opportunity on 10 minutes, Dzeko's replacement Balotelli shot wastefully over the bar.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at wastefully. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at wastefully. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at wastefully

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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