Grossly

/ˈɡɹoʊsli/ · adverb

Meaning

Greatly; to a large degree, especially one large enough to be frankly appreciable..

Definitions by Sense

1. Greatly; to a large degree, especially one large enough to be frankly appreciable.
2. To a serious, severe, or offensive degree.
3. (informal) In a gross (disgusting) manner; without delicacy.
4. (archaic) Roughly; approximately; inexactly; sketchily.

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

A draft deal to cut global fossil fuel production is “grossly insufficient” and “incoherent” and will not stop the world from facing dangerous climate breakdown, according to delegates at the UN’s Cop28 summit.

The men were talking grossly about their sexual conquests.

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