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Instead, California is one of only 10 states that provides in-state college and university tuition to illegal immigrants. That's grossly unfair to a legal high school student who moves out of California for a year, then returns to attend college.
Elton Gallegly

Meaning of "grossly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GROSSLY

grossly  [ˈɡrəʊslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROSSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grossly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES GROSSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grossly in the English dictionary

The definition of grossly in the dictionary is to a very high degree; extremely.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GROSSLY


bellicosely
ˈbelɪˌkəʊslɪ
cespitosely
ˈsɛspɪˌtəʊslɪ
closely
ˈkləʊslɪ
cymosely
ˈsaɪməʊslɪ
erosely
ɪˈrəʊslɪ
farinosely
ˈfærɪˌnəʊslɪ
globosely
ˈɡləʊbəʊslɪ
grandiosely
ˌɡrændɪˈəʊslɪ
jocosely
dʒəˈkəʊslɪ
lachrymosely
ˈlækrɪˌməʊslɪ
morosely
məˈrəʊslɪ
operosely
ˈɒpərˌəʊslɪ
otiosely
ˈəʊʃɪəʊslɪ
racemosely
ˈræsɪˌməʊslɪ
ramosely
ˈreɪməʊslɪ
rimosely
ˈraɪməʊslɪ
rugosely
ˈruːɡəʊslɪ
spinosely
ˈspaɪnəʊslɪ
squamosely
ˈskweɪməʊslɪ
verbosely
vɜːˈbəʊslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROSSLY

gross domestic income
gross domestic product
gross indecency
gross margin
gross misconduct
gross national product
gross negligence
gross out
gross output
gross profit
gross ton
gross up
gross value added
gross weight
gross-out
Grosseteste
grossierete
grossness
grossular
grossularite

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROSSLY

aimlessly
artlessly
carelessly
crossly
doubtlessly
effortlessly
endlessly
expressly
faultlessly
flawlessly
helplessly
hopelessly
mercilessly
needlessly
recklessly
relentlessly
seamlessly
shamelessly
tirelessly
wordlessly

Synonyms and antonyms of grossly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grossly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GROSSLY

Find out the translation of grossly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grossly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grossly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

严重地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extremadamente
570 millions of speakers

English

grossly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निहायत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فاضِحًا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вульгарно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grosseiramente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রবলভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grossièrement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terlalu banyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

äußerst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひどく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

심하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grossly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

một cách trắng trợn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இதன்படி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिशय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fena halde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grossolanamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wybitnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жахливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în mod grosolan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χονδροειδώς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grovt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grovt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grossly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROSSLY»

The term «grossly» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.334 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GROSSLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grossly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grossly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grossly

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10 QUOTES WITH «GROSSLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grossly.
1
Conrad Black
At least 80 percent of American prisoners are grossly over-sentenced. The Supreme Court knows this, but shows scant concern for this human side of criminal justice.
2
Amanda Burton
I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the beach. I was wearing a grossly unflattering costume and they had published photographs of me taken from behind. I looked dreadful. I went into our local newsagent and bought up every copy.
3
Michael Crapo
The problem remains that the market is grossly distorted by Canadian unfair trade practices.
4
Frans de Waal
The role of inequity in society is grossly underestimated. Inequity is not good for your health, basically.
5
Jim Finks
It's grossly unfair to judge Walter Payton solely on the yards he gains. He is a complete football player, better than Jim Brown, better than O.J. Simpson.
6
Barney Frank
Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.
7
Joel Fuhrman
The modern diet is grossly deficient in hundreds of important plant-derived immunity-building compounds which makes us highly vulnerable to viruses, infections and disease.
8
Elton Gallegly
Instead, California is one of only 10 states that provides in-state college and university tuition to illegal immigrants. That's grossly unfair to a legal high school student who moves out of California for a year, then returns to attend college.
9
A. P. Herbert
This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade.
10
Hamilton Jordan
My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people, when the president had to make a critical economic decision or a decision on a weapons system, he did not turn to me and say, 'Hamilton, what in the hell do I do?'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROSSLY»

Discover the use of grossly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grossly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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'Grossly Material Things': Women and Book Production in ...
Drawing together a broad range of sources, from letters anddiaries to plays and poetry, Smith's book is highly interdisciplinary, and promises to be of interest not only to literary scholars but to historians of the early modern period and ...
Helen Smith, 2012
2
Grossly Gross Jokes XXXIII
The creator of Fiendishly Gross Jokes and The Grossest Jokes of the Century presents an all-new compilation of hilarious and disgusting humor that is sure to offend everyone. Original.
Julius Alvin, 2001
3
Manual of Surgical Pathology: Expert Consult
False negative rates are higher, but reported to be less than 10%. The rate will be lower if restricted to lesions grossly suspicious for invasive carcinoma. In general, frozen section evaluation is not useful to either diagnosis DCIS or exclude its ...
Susan C. Lester, 2010
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Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics: Transport in ...
Correctly predicted Grossly overpredicted 0 |u | Correctly predicted Grossly overpredicted bulk |u(y)| Slightly underpredicted Grossly overpredicted |(y)| Slightly overpredicted Grossly overpredicted Streaming potential magnitude Slightly ...
Brian J. Kirby, 2010
5
Jacobian Elliptic and Other Functions as Approximate ...
Research is concerned with grossly non-linear systems, the characteristics of which are lost in the process of linearization or quasi-linearization.
Avrom Chaim Soudack, Stanford University. Stanford Electronics Laboratories, 1961
6
A refutation of an evasive 'Reply' by the rev. P.J. Wright ...
But Mr. Wright says, that I have written in a " style grossly personal," and, from my forty-eight pages, he has culled the following expressions. He says, " Mr. Eckett unhesitatingly pronounces me ' vaunting,' ' taunting,' 'untrue and unjust,' ...
Robert Eckett, Philip James Wright, 1849
7
The Complete Concordance to Shakspeare: Being a Verbal Index ...
led on grossly by thit! meddling"Knigjidm. iii. and all the rest. so grossly led .. iii. greatness should an grins y offer it .. iv. and he slanders thee most rossly. . l limryll'. iii. working so grosst in a on oral min-tr. llrriryl'._ll. gmssly grew mint ve to his ...
‎1845
8
Essentials of Anatomic Pathology
Macroscopic Q The ovaries are grossly enlarged (approximately twice the normal size) with a smooth outer surface, a thick fibrous cortex, and with multiple small (< 1 cm) cysts just under the fibrotic cortex Microscopic Q A thickened fibrous ...
Liang Cheng, David G. Bostwick, 2011
9
Distance Writing and Computer-assisted Interventions in ...
For the relational approach, respondents are asked to think of something ta thought, an object, a behavioral actl that is common to them and their partner and then modify it paradoxically tdeform it, distort it, grossly expand a single part of it,  ...
Luciano L'Abate, 2001
10
Techniques in Aquatic Toxicology
Lesions were grossly visible (Figure 1) on the surface of the livers of two trout in the single exposure group (2%), and of seven trout in the repeated exposure group (7%). No lesions were grossly visible on the livers of control fish. A histological ...
Gary K. Ostrander, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROSSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grossly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Five Grossly Un-American, Supreme Court Justices Have Ruled …
The word “family” as we and others around the world know it, will soon disappear from the daily lexicon of human beings. The family normally ... «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Report: American data on Afghan schools, some built with help of …
Report: American data on Afghan schools, some built with help of Fort Drum soldiers, grossly inflated. By GORDON BLOCK TIMES STAFF ... «WatertownDailyTimes.com, Jul 15»
3
Migrant workers, victims of grossly unfair employer-worker power …
People have to recognise that migrant workers are the victims of grossly unfair employer-worker power dynamics, instead of labelling them as ... «The Online Citizen, Jul 15»
4
'Grossly unethical'
FORMER prime minister and leader of the Fiji Labour Party Mahendra Chaudhry has labelled a move by the Government — that has Oppostion ... «Fiji Times, Jul 15»
5
Is ConocoPhillips Now Grossly Undervalued?
Despite crude oil prices falling to the low $50 range, ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is still making a good impression on analysts. In fact a key ... «24/7 Wall St., Jul 15»
6
Congress Debates and then Grossly Underfunds Federal Safety-Net …
Last week, we commented on the testimony of the Urban Institute's C. Eugene Steuerle at a joint hearing of the Human Resources ... «The Nonprofit Quarterly, Jul 15»
7
Gen. Tom Lawson says comments in letter to late veteran's parents …
Lawson said in the statement to CBC News that Pugliese "has taken it upon himself to grossly misrepresent the state of affairs surrounding the ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
8
Shaw: Political process grossly unfair
The process is unfair to most of the nation. The only states that seem to matter are Iowa and New Hampshire. Iowa has the first presidential ... «Dickinson Press, Jul 15»
9
Are gross sum costs orders grossly underused? - Penson v Titan …
The recent decision of Campbell AJA in Penson v Titan National Pty Limited (No. 3) [2015] NSWCA 121 (Penson) handed down on 26 June ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
10
Catholic brother a brazen offender who grossly abused his child …
Brother Bernard Hartman, who has pleaded guilty to abusing children while teaching at a Melbourne school, was a brazen offender who ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»

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