egregiously

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/ɪˈɡɹid͡ʒəsli/

adverb

Conspicuously badly (used negatively).

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Meanings

adverbegregiously (comparative more egregiously, superlative most egregiously)

comparative more egregiously · superlative most egregiously

  1. Conspicuously badly (used negatively).

    This myopia has has also afflicted the tram sector - most egregiously when Alastair Darling, as transport secretary, cancelled Merseytram, Leeds Supertram, the South Hampshire Rapid Transit scheme, and an extension to Manchester Metrolink (subsequently reversed) in 2004-05.

    2024 March 6, Steve Edwards discusses with Anthony Lambert, “The bedrock of urban renewal”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 34

Origin

From egregious + -ly.

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APA

egregiously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egregiously

MLA

“egregiously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egregiously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “egregiously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egregiously.

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