Recklessly

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a rash or reckless manner, without regard for cost or consequence

    "Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen."

  2. 2
    With contempt for the rights, feelings, or well-being of others.
Adverb
  1. 1
    in a reckless manner wordnet

Synonyms

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a corps perduairilyany old wayany which wayanyhowapathetically

Example

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"He survived an accident last year, but still drives recklessly."

Etymology

From Middle English reklesly, from Old English rēcelēaslīce; equivalent to reckless + -ly.

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