— wastingly , adv. — wastingness , n.
/way"sting/ , adj.
1. gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body: a wasting disease.
2. laying waste; devastating; despoiling: the ravages of a wasting war.
n.
3. Geol. See mass wasting .
[ 1200-50; ME; see WASTE, -ING 2 , ING 1 ]