What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Wantingly vs Wastingly - What's the difference?

wantingly | wastingly |

As adverbs the difference between wantingly and wastingly

is that wantingly is with desire; yearningly while wastingly is in a way that causes wastage; wastefully.

wantingly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • With desire; yearningly.
  • * 2008 , Ryan Dalgliesh, Love Notes (page 86)
    • This may be a tough pill to swallow but what Christ is saying is if you look wantingly , powerfully, or lustfully after someone, you have committed adultery. This is true for the married person reading this and the single person.

    wastingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a way that causes wastage; wastefully.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby Dick , Scribner (1902), page 295:
    • As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable contents.