grossly
pronunciation
How to pronounce grossly in British English:
UK [ˈɡrəʊsli]
How to pronounce grossly in American English:
US [ˈɡroʊsli]
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- Adverb:
- in a gross manner
Word Origin
- grossly (adv.)
- 1520s, "plainly, obviously," from gross (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "coarsely, shamefully" is from 1540s; that of "excessively" is from 1610s.
Example
- 1. These grossly misaligned incentives must be tackled .
- 2. For grossly imperfect creatures like us , morality may be the steepest of all developmental mountains .
- 3. The grossly overpriced international space station would be completed by 2010 , allowing the outdated space shuttles to be retired .
- 4. Yet the failure of the us to develop any credible path for fiscal tightening in the longer term is also grossly irresponsible .
- 5. Take the grossly underreported problem of " size inflation " , where clothes of any particular labelled size have steadily expanded over time .