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Definition of Grossly
1. Adverb. In a gross manner.
Definition of Grossly
1. adv. In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.
Definition of Grossly
1. Adverb. in a gross manner; without delicacy ¹
2. Adverb. (archaic) roughly; approximately; inexactly; sketchily ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grossly
1. in a gross manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grossly
Literary usage of Grossly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"Now to consider how the provision of the act as to ''grossly improbable statements,"
warranting an invasion of this right and its destruction, accords with ..."
2. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1921)
"Wheatly,58 "the indictment must be grossly bad to have the court quash it at once.''
That this indictment, if at all bad, is not grossly so, ..."
3. The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo, Giovanni Battista Baldelli Boni, Hugh Murray, Société de géographie (France) (1852)
"... Estimation—Followed by Mr. Marsden—Shown to be grossly corrupted—Interpolated
Passages—Their Errors and Contradictions—By whom probably inserted—Are of ..."
4. The Lancet (1842)
"... the needy protegees, and the rights of the poor and the common law of the land
were grossly infringed by the enforcement of this anomalous loan clause. ..."
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