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> But if you do some forms and basic UI controls, wxWindows does the job egregiously. Looks the way it should be on all platforms.

Word choice? "Egregiously" means "Conspicuously bad or offensive." [0] The context suggests you intended to say "adequate for the purpose," for which "competently" is the correct term.[1]

[0] https://www.thefreedictionary.com/egregiously

[1] https://www.thefreedictionary.com/competently

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I though he was being clever; "egregiously" means "in a manner consistent with being out of the herd". Bad or offensive for the goat-herd maybe, but perhaps not for the goat.

Thanks, I had a completely different meaning for this word in mind!

I also did. Given the Latin root (ēgregius, outstanding), I feel the pejorative connotation is out of place. The Italian term egregio definitely has a positive meaning, as it's also used to address people in letters.

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