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grossly

/ˈɡɹəʊsli/GROH-slee
/ˈɡɹoʊsli/GROH-slee

Meaningin a gross way

Common meaning: extremely

Other meanings: very badly

Journey through time

  1. Latingrossus‘thick’source
  2. Old Frenchgrossource
  3. Englishgross‘coarse’
  4. Englishformed in English from grossgrossly‘extremely’ · today

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

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from gross + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GROSS, p.245 · scan

Source words

  • grossus Latin · source word “thick”

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