egregious

[ ih-gree-juh s, -jee-uh s ]

/ ɪˈgri dʒəs, -dʒi əs /

adjective

extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.

Archaic. distinguished or eminent.

Nearby words

egotist, egotistic, egotropic, egr, egr valve, egregious, egress, egression, egressive, egret, egypt

Origin of egregious

1525–35; < Latin ēgregius preeminent, equivalent to ē- e-¹ + greg-, stem of grēx flock + -ius adj. suffix; see -ous

Related forms

e·gre·gious·ly, adverbe·gre·gious·ness, nounnon·e·gre·gious, adjectivenon·e·gre·gious·ly, adverb

non·e·gre·gious·ness, nounun·e·gre·gious, adjectiveun·e·gre·gious·ly, adverbun·e·gre·gious·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for egregiously

Anyone who disagreed with their interpretation was—in the words of these professors—“egregiously misrepresenting the law.”
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Those lies flow most egregiously (but not exclusively) from the president of the United States.
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The Good Wife was egregiously shut out of the Best Drama race.
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She could not have blundered so egregiously as that, unless—he caught his breath suddenly—unless she had done so intentionally!
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Kent was egregiously undertaxed and as a general rule its fiscal sulung will have many real acres.
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The authorities waited to see the effect of these "vigorous measures;" but they were egregiously disappointed.
The Huguenots in France|Samuel Smiles.
The manner in which his attempts to enforce the recent acts of Parliament were resented, showed how egregiously he was in error.
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Mr. Slack, of the town of Kenton, was egregiously given to egotism.
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British Dictionary definitions for egregiously

egregious

/ (ɪˈɡriːdʒəs, -dʒɪəs) /

adjective

outstandingly bad; flagrantan egregious lie

archaic distinguished; eminent

Derived Forms

egregiously, adverbegregiousness, noun

Word Origin for egregious

C16: from Latin ēgregius outstanding (literally: standing out from the herd), from ē- out + grex flock, herd

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