grossly
/ˈɡɹoʊsli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Greatly; to a large degree, especially one large enough to be frankly appreciable.
Example Sentences
- "grossly inflated expectations"
- "grossly enlarged hepatic lobes, evident on palpation"
- "Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances."
- "Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination"."
- "grossly misjudged"
- "grossly inflamed"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹoʊsli/
- British English: /ˈɡɹəʊsli/