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rashly

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rash 1  (rsh)
adj. rash·er, rash·est
1. Characterized by or resulting from ill-considered haste or boldness. See Synonyms at reckless.
2. Archaic Quick in producing a strong or marked effect.
[Middle English rasch, active, unrestrained, perhaps from Old English -raesc (in lgræsc, lightning) or from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German rasch, fast.]
rashly adv.
rashness n.
rash 2  (rsh)
n.
1. A skin eruption.
2. An outbreak of many instances within a brief period: a rash of burglaries.
[Possibly from obsolete French rache, a sore, from Old French rasche, scurf, from raschier, to scrape, scratch, from Vulgar Latin *rsicre, from Latin rsus, past participle of rdere; see rd- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adv.1.rashly - in a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin"
headlong
Translations
rashly [ˈræʃlɪ] ADV → temerariamente
rashly [ˈræʃli] adv → inconsidérément
rashly
adv act → voreilig, überstürzt; promise, decide → voreilig, vorschnell
rashly [ˈræʃlɪ] adv → avventatamente
rashly [ˈræʃlɪ] adv → avventatamente


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The old man did not mean to say what was untrue, you may be sure; but he had rashly picked up gossip, as his prejudice suggested, and now rashly launched it on the public with the sanction of his name.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
His discourses on indifferent subjects will divert as well as instruct, and if either in these, or in the relation of Father Lobo, any argument shall appear unconvincing, or description obscure, they are defects incident to all mankind, which, however, are not too rashly to be imputed to the authors, being sometimes, perhaps, more justly chargeable on the translator.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
If my sister, in the security of retirement, with as little opportunity as inclination to do evil, could not avoid censure, we must not rashly condemn those who, living in the world and surrounded with temptations, should be accused of errors which they are known to have the power of committing.
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