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Meanings of carelessly in anglès

In a rakish manner.

        Without caution or prudence.

            Without care or concern.

                  Sinònims
                  Examples for "heedlessly"
                  Examples for "heedlessly"
                  1
                  He looked at me heedlessly, in reply, as if he scarce heard.
                  Philip Winwood / A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American...
                  2
                  He had finished the bottle and tossed it heedlessly onto the floor.
                  Gods go begging
                  3
                  Badenhaur was scrambling heedlessly through the bramble almost before she was away.
                  Black Powder War
                  4
                  She was now no older than Barbara, who still sang heedlessly upstairs.
                  Flower of the Dusk
                  5
                  I hit the drum heedlessly while the snake slithered around Eva's arms.
                  Nocturnal
                  Usage of carelessly in anglès
                  1
                  I touched the material carelessly; it was of softest smooth white serge.
                  The Garden of Survival
                  2
                  A carelessly dropped match might in an hour nullify all their labor.
                  Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
                  3
                  They play every note with love and understanding - no note carelessly.
                  The new yorker
                  4
                  Aldous moved carelessly to the glass case in which were the cigars.
                  The Hunted Woman
                  5
                  To read carelessly and distractedly is to let go of that hand.
                  The book of disquiet
                  6
                  Boyd crushed the note in his palm and tossed it away carelessly.
                  The Silver Horde
                  7
                  The two are scantily and carelessly dressed in rough linen and leaves.
                  Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
                  8
                  It was all my own fault in so carelessly leaving the money.
                  A Rock in the Baltic
                  9
                  The sentinel carelessly dropped the butt of his musket on the coin.
                  Clementina
                  10
                  So he affected to stroll carelessly away; but returned to the spot.
                  The Cloister and the Hearth
                  11
                  He left the cabin, swinging the satchel carelessly in his left hand.
                  Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
                  12
                  England lost three wickets carelessly on the way to a humdrum victory.
                  The Guardian
                  13
                  The grocer took the coin and carelessly dropped it into his pocket.
                  The Secret Wireless; Or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol
                  14
                  He glanced our way carelessly, but in that glance took in everything.
                  The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
                  15
                  Those admirable sketches left carelessly on the table are in my pocket.
                  Westways: A Village Chronicle
                  16
                  He was caught almost in the very act, answered the sheriff, carelessly.
                  Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy
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                  Carelessly through the time
                  Carelessly across language varieties
                  United Kingdom
                  Common
                  United States of America
                  Less common