grossly

gross·ly
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US/ˈɡɹoʊsli/UK/ˈɡɹəʊsli/

adverb

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

“grossly inflamed”

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

adverbgrossly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableGreatly; to a large degree, especially one large enough to be frankly appreciable.

    grossly inflated expectations

    3 more examples

    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.

    1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 120

    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".

    2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42
  2. not comparableTo a serious, severe, or offensive degree.

    grossly inflamed

    2 more examples

    grossly misjudged

    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.

    2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, “Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Synonyms: gravely, flagrantly

  3. informalnot comparableIn a gross (disgusting) manner; without delicacy.

    The men were talking grossly about their sexual conquests.

    Synonyms: disgustingly

  4. archaicnot comparableRoughly; approximately; inexactly; sketchily.

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbTo a serious, severe, or offensive degree.

adverbIn a gross (disgusting) manner; without delicacy.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian грубо, вулгарно
  • грубо (grubo)in a gross manner
  • вулгарно (vulgarno)in a gross manner
Finnish karkeasti, törkeästi
  • karkeastiin a gross manner
  • törkeästiin a gross manner
  • härskistiin a gross manner
French grossièrement
  • grossièrementin a gross manner
Portuguese grosseiramente, indelicadamente
  • grosseiramentein a gross manner
  • indelicadamentein a gross manner
Spanish groseramente
  • groseramentein a gross manner
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APA

grossly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grossly

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“grossly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grossly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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