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Meanings of speak carelessly in English

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Usage of speak carelessly in English
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Though he tried to speak carelessly, he was evidently much agitated.
Helen and Arthur; or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
2
He endeavored to speak carelessly, but looked at her apprehensively.
The First Soprano
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He strove to speak carelessly but there was a trace of eagerness in his tones.
A Man and His Money
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But though he tried to speak carelessly, he had plainly been horribly shaken and overwrought.
The Lost Prince
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Jerry tried to speak carelessly, but could not keep an excited note out of her voice.
Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
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The child, finding the same thing repeated twice over in different words, is learning to speak carelessly.
Emile
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He strove to speak carelessly, but bending over his packing, thrust down the clothes with desperate blows.
Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 2
8
She did not look at Barbara, but tried to speak carelessly, as she gazed out of the window.
Flower of the Dusk
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But she tried to speak carelessly.
Missing
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He tried to speak carelessly, but his eyes wavered and his hands trembled as he unbuttoned his heavy coat.
That Printer of Udell's: A Story of the Middle West
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He tried to speak carelessly, but where was his habitual carelessness of spirit, his carelessness of a boy now?
The Call of the Blood
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All the men liked her, and after a time they did not speak carelessly of her as "that Injun gal."
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest; Or, The Indian Girl Star o...
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But don't let that worry yuh; it don't me. He tried to speak carelessly and convincingly, but it was a miserable failure.
The Lure of the Dim Trails
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He spoke carelessly enough, but there was real fear behind the speech.
The Iron Heel
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But perhaps you are his son, sir, and I am speaking carelessly.
Mark Seaworth
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He spoke carelessly and averted his dark gaze for an instant.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
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