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" (18 found)
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Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (9)
Adverb(3 words)
Adverb(3 words)
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7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 9 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- onbezorgd adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
- zorgeloos adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
Finnish
2 entries- hilpeästi adv (in a joyful, carefree manner)
- huolettomasti adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
German
3 entries- unbekümmert adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
- unbekümmert adv (in a joyful, carefree manner)
- ungerührt adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
Italian
2 entries- allegramente adv (in a joyful, carefree manner)
- spensieratamente adv (in a joyful, carefree manner)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- көнүлдүү adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
Russian
1 entries- беспе́чно adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- bezbrižno adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
- bezbrižno adv (in a joyful, carefree manner)
- bezbrižno adv (In a kind manner)
Spanish
2 entries- alegremente adv (in a joyful, carefree manner)
- despreocupadamente adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
Swedish
1 entries- bekymmerslöst adv (without care, concern, or consideration)
Sample sentences
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.
Source: tatoeba (11314821)
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.
Source: tatoeba (11842745)
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