grossly

adv

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

   “grossly inflated expectations”

   “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.”

   “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".”

2. (not-comparable)To a serious, severe, or offensive degree.

   “grossly misjudged”

   “grossly inflamed”

   “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.”

3. (informal, not-comparable)In a gross (disgusting) manner; without delicacy.

   “The men were talking grossly about their sexual conquests.”

4. (archaic, not-comparable)Roughly; approximately; inexactly; sketchily.