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recklessly

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reck·less  (rkls)
adj.
1.
a. Heedless or careless.
b. Headstrong; rash.
2. Indifferent to or disregardful of consequences: a reckless driver.

[Middle English reckeles, from Old English rcelas; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

reckless·ly adv.
reckless·ness n.
Synonyms: reckless, rash1, precipitate, foolhardy, temerarious
These adjectives mean given to or marked by unthinking boldness. Reckless suggests wild carelessness and disregard for consequences: "conceiving measures to protect the fur-bearing animals from reckless slaughter" (Getrude Atherton).
Rash implies haste, impetuousness, and insufficient consideration: "Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash" (George S. Patton).
Precipitate connotes headlong haste without due deliberation: "destroyed in a precipitate burning of his papers a few days before his death" (James Boswell).
Foolhardy implies injudicious or imprudent boldness: a foolhardy attempt to wrest the gun from the mugger.
Temerarious suggests reckless presumption: "this temerarious foeman who dared intervene between himself [the elephant] and his intended victim" (Edgar Rice Burroughs).
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.recklessly - in a reckless manner
Translations
recklessly [ˈreklɪslɪ] ADV (= rashly) → temerariamente; (= thoughtlessly) → imprudentemente
to drive recklesslyconducir temerariamente
to spend recklesslyderrochar dinero
recklessly [ˈrɛkləsli] adv
(= with culpable carelessness) → imprudemment
(= heedlessly) → imprudemment
They were recklessly brave → Ils étaient courageux jusqu'à l'imprudence.
recklessly
adv behave, disregardleichtsinnig; driverücksichtslos; attemptgewagt
recklessly [ˈrɛklɪslɪ] adv (drive) → in modo spericolato; (gamble, bet, plunge) → avventatamente
recklessly [ˈrɛklɪslɪ] adv (drive) → in modo spericolato; (gamble, bet, plunge) → avventatamente


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You must go to New Bedford to see a brilliant wedding; for, they say, they have reservoirs of oil in every house, and every night recklessly burn their lengths in spermaceti candles.
Hundreds of other girls have acted as recklessly as she has acted, and have not ended ill after all.
All I know is that one evening, entering incautiously the salon of the little house just after the news of a considerable Carlist success had reached the faithful, I was seized round the neck and waist and whirled recklessly three times round the room, to the crash of upsetting furniture and the humming of a valse tune in a warm contralto voice.
 
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