How can you go on so blithely, pretending nothing's wrong, when something so horrible has happened?
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Blithely
/ˈblaɪðli/
Synonyms for "blithely" (17 found)
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6 entriesblithe dispositionblithe disregardblithe ignoranceblithe innocenceblithe moodblithe optimism
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9 total sentences available.
Anne ran blithely up the hill and into the kitchen, where a hot supper was waiting on the table.
Source: tatoeba (5834792)
We idealize everybody’s thinking, and even our own access to reasons, blithely attributing phantom bouts of clever reasoning to ourselves after the fact.
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The cows sometimes appear in the middle of major intersections, blithely unaware of honking horns and the rush-hour traffic that has screeched to a halt.
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