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- Dictionaryegregiously/ɪˈɡriːdʒəsli/
adverb
- 1. in an outstandingly bad way; shockingly: "we've been misleading you most egregiously"
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(of something bad) extreme; beyond any reasonable degree: egregious errors of fact.
1. : conspicuous. especially : conspicuously bad : flagrant. egregious errors. egregious padding of the evidence Christopher Hitchens. 2. archaic : distinguished. egregiously adverb. egregiousness noun. Did you know? Egregious comes from a Latin word meaning "distinguished" or "eminent."
Synonyms. (OBVIOUS) Fewer examples. The industry has taken steps to improve some egregiously bad practices. The company acted egregiously in charging customers twice for this service. This biography is full of information that is egregiously and provably wrong. I believe that the police have egregiously violated my right to free speech.
Egregious definition: extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant. See examples of EGREGIOUS used in a sentence.
/ɪˈgridʒɪs/ IPA guide. Other forms: egregiously. Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way — it means "really bad or offensive." If you make an egregious error during a championship soccer match, your coach might bench you for the rest of the game. An egregious error is so bad that it might not be forgivable.
Definition of egregious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. in a manner that is outstandingly bad or flagrant. 2. archaic. in a manner that is distinguished or eminent. The word egregiously is derived from egregious, shown below. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. egregious in British English. (ɪˈɡriːdʒəs, -dʒɪəs ) adjective. 1. outstandingly bad; flagrant. an egregious lie
