egregiously
/ɪˈɡɹidʒəsli/ih-GREE-juh-slee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɪˈɡɹidʒəsli/ih-GREE-juh-slee
Meaningin an egregious way
Common meaning: shockingly badly
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- eout
- grega flock, herdLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 830 · scan
- iousadjective ending: full of, marked by
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘out’ + ‘a flock, herd’ → egregiously
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from egregious + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EGREGIOUS, p.186 · scan
Roots
- grex, gregis Latin “a flock, herd”
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