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Wastingly vs Lastingly - What's the difference?

wastingly | lastingly |

As adverbs the difference between wastingly and lastingly

is that wastingly is in a way that causes wastage; wastefully while lastingly is in a lasting manner, in a way that persists.

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.

    lastingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a lasting manner, in a way that persists.
    • Only be good diplomacy will we lastingly establish peace.