WASTEFULLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

wastefully

adverb

as in prodigally

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Recent Examples of wastefully On a pretty dead pitch offering very little to the bowlers, the quartet wastefully surrendered their wickets for all that England deserved credit (particularly Archer) for persistence and a generally probing line after what had been a fairly disastrous start to the day from Carse. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025

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But even here, where the damage is being done gleefully and wantonly, the US Congress has stood up to these funding cuts in a bipartisan manner.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Likewise, a circumstance all by itself could be the matter of regulating AI makers about allowing their AI to wantonly provide mental health advice.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of wantonly

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Longevity helps; if Picasso hadn’t outlived his Blue Period and Guernica by a long stretch of years, he might be dinted today as indulgently moody.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
There are no indulgently long songs—SUSS record in the present perfect.

— Brian Howe, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026

Definition of indulgently

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Close colleagues and friends said Chatfield had a way with words and expressed himself most comfortably through writing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Sheik’s breakthrough came after several years in Los Angeles, but fame never sat comfortably with him.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Sep. 2026

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