egregious

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

adjective

extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.
Archaic. distinguished or eminent.

Origin of egregious

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

Related formse·gre·gious·ly, adverbe·gre·gious·ness, nounnon·e·gre·gious, adjectivenon·e·gre·gious·ly, adverbnon·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

Contemporary Examples of egregiously

Anyone who disagreed with their interpretation was—in the words of these professors—“egregiously misrepresenting the law.”
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Most egregiously, Krrish shamelessly steals from its predecessors.
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We were egregiously misreading his work in order to justify an unreasonable amount of consumption.
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Those lies flow most egregiously (but not exclusively) from the president of the United States.
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October 2, 2012
The Good Wife was egregiously shut out of the Best Drama race.
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Historical Examples of egregiously

The poor man little suspected how egregiously she was deceiving him!
City Crimes
Greenhorn
To take Punch only for a clown is to mistake him egregiously.
The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858
Various
My dear fellow, somebody has imposed upon you most egregiously!
The Belle's Stratagem
Hannah Cowley
But the verdict of time has proved how egregiously he was in the wrong.
Tobias Smollett
Oliphant Smeaton
How egregiously wrong must his sister have been in her estimate of the man!
Marion Fay
Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for egregiously

egregious

adjective

outstandingly bad; flagrantan egregious lie
archaic distinguished; eminent

Derived Formsegregiously, 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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Word Origin and History for egregiously

egregious

adj.

1530s, "distinguished, eminent, excellent," from Latin egregius "distinguished, excellent, extraordinary," from the phrase ex grege "rising above the flock," from ex "out of" (see ex-) + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock" (see gregarious).

Disapproving sense, now predominant, arose late 16c., originally ironic and is not in the Latin word, which etymologically means simply "exceptional." Related: Egregiously; egregiousness.