trashily

adverb

as in grossly

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  1. grossly
  2. unspeakably
  3. flagrantly
  4. miserably
  5. shoddily
  6. egregiously
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  • The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office charged Hernandez Santana, 65, with firing a gun into an inhabited building, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and firing a gun in a grossly negligent manner.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Given that for every 40 papers showing statistical evidence of AI usage in 2025, only one formally disclosed it, these figures likely grossly underestimate LLM involvement today.
    — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of grossly
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  • The 1970s were thick with New Age spiritual fads and movements, from the benign (crystals) to the unspeakably toxic and cultic (Jonestown).
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • The Avs became a group of falling stars, going splat and getting swept by the Golden Knights in an unspeakably awful series.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Definition of unspeakably
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  • Even for an agency that has been accused by multiple federal judges of flagrantly violating the law, actually deporting American citizens isn’t so easy.
    — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Time, not thriftily spent but flagrantly wasted at cards or the wheel, is brought to a standstill right at the moment of its greatest potentiality—this would have to be the ultimate payoff.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of flagrantly
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  • On the heels of a miserably sticky summer, an unusually long October heat wave is set to arrive, according to forecasters.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That failed miserably, and Malik Washington threw four interceptions when Maryland tried to pass.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of miserably
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  • In the eyes of the public (and, in many ways, state law) that conviction is a one-way street — no matter how shoddily a particular case has been handled, or what new evidence has come to light.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Definition of shoddily
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  • If Sid weren’t on the blocks as a doomed trading piece, then Flyte would have a case as the person most egregiously wronged by Taverner’s mistakes.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Most egregiously, the central bank began lending directly to the treasury.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of egregiously
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