consumptively
In devouring fashion
In a manner characterized by consumption or wasting away.
The word appears in two contexts: describing the gradual using up of resources The project consumptively devoured the budget, or relating to tuberculosis, once called consumption She coughed consumptively, pale and thin.
The medical sense is now rare outside historical writing.
Mycobacterial lung disease
- pulmonaryOf the lungs
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- phthisisPulmonary wasting disease
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
coughing · wasting · fever · pallor · dyspnea · bronchial · sputum · infection
Reckless depletion of resources
- profligatelyWith reckless extravagance
- extravagantlyIn excessive, showy manner
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- frivolouslyIn unserious manner
dissipation · inefficiently · excessively · lavishly · prodigally · depleting · overusing · frittering
In unkeepable fashion
- exploitativelyIn a taking-advantage manner
- degradinglyIn belittling fashion
- harmfullyIn a detrimental manner
- damaginglyIn an injurious manner
With excessive appetite
- ravenouslyWith extreme hunger
- insatiablyWithout possibility of satisfaction
- greedilyWith excessive wanting
- rapaciouslyWith greedy aggression
excessively · indulgently · immoderately · hedonistically · overindulgently · hungrily · acquisitively · covetously
tuberculosis
Mycobacterial lung disease
- pulmonaryOf the lungs
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- phthisisPulmonary wasting disease
sanatorium · coughing · wasting · fever · pallor · dyspnea · bronchial · sputum · infection · pneumonia
squandering
Reckless depletion of resources
- profligatelyWith reckless extravagance
- extravagantlyIn excessive, showy manner
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
frivolously · dissipation · inefficiently · excessively · lavishly · prodigally · depleting · overusing · frittering · imprudently
unsustainably
In unkeepable fashion
- exploitativelyIn a taking-advantage manner
- degradinglyIn belittling fashion
- harmfullyIn a detrimental manner
gluttonously
With excessive appetite
- ravenouslyWith extreme hunger
- insatiablyWithout possibility of satisfaction
- greedilyWith excessive wanting
rapaciously · excessively · indulgently · immoderately · hedonistically · overindulgently · hungrily · acquisitively · covetously
consumptivelyconservatively
In a restrained manner
sustainably · sparingly · frugally · regeneratively · thriftily
consumptivelyproductively
With useful output
generatively · accumulatively · creatively · constructively · prolifically