carelessly

care·less  (kârls)

adj.

1. Taking insufficient care; negligent: a careless housekeeper; careless proofreading.

2. Marked by or resulting from lack of forethought or thoroughness: a careless mistake.

3. Showing a lack of consideration: a careless remark.

4. Unconcerned or indifferent; heedless: careless of the consequences.

5. Unstudied or effortless: danced with careless grace.

6. Exhibiting a disposition that is free from cares; cheerful: a careless grin; a careless wave of the hand.

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careless·ly adv.

careless·ness n.

Synonyms: careless, heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent
These adjectives apply to what is marked by insufficient care or attention. Careless often implies negligence: "It is natural for careless writers to run into faults they never think of" (George Berkeley).
Heedless often suggests recklessness: "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics" (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
Thoughtless applies to actions taken without due consideration: "But thoughtless follies laid him low / And stain'd his name" (Robert Burns).
Inadvertent implies unintentional lack of care: With an inadvertent gesture, she swept the vase off the table.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	carelessly - without care or concern; "carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment" heedlessly
	2.	carelessly - without caution or prudence; "one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands" incautiously cautiously, carefully - as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves"
	3.	carelessly - in a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle" raffishly, rakishly

Translations

carelessly [ˈkɛəlɪslɪ] ADV

1. (= negligently) [write, leave, handle] → sin cuidado, sin la debida atención; [drive] → imprudentemente, con negligencia

2. (= casually) [say, reply] → a la ligera; [drop, toss] → despreocupadamente

carelessly [ˈkɛə^rləsli] adv

(without care) [put, throw] → négligemment; [drive, park] → imprudemment

(= casually) → avec insouciance

carelessly

adv

(= negligently, heedlessly) leave, discard, place, handle, allow → leichtsinnigerweise, unvorsichtigerweise

(= casually) say → gedankenlos; throw, toss → achtlos

carelessly [ˈkɛəlɪslɪ] adv (act, drive) → con disattenzione, distrattamente; (work) → con poco impegno, negligentemente; (speak) → senza tatto