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wan·ton
(wŏn′tən)adj.
1.
a. Lascivious or promiscuous. Used especially of women.
b. Exciting or expressing sexual desire: a wanton pose.
2. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust: wanton destruction.
3. Unrestrainedly excessive: wanton extravagance.
4. Luxuriant; overabundant: wanton tresses.
5. Frolicsome; playful: a wanton fawn.
6. Obsolete Rebellious; refractory.
intr.v. wan·toned, wan·ton·ing, wan·tons
1. To behave in a wanton manner; act lasciviously.
2. To move idly or playfully.
n.
One, especially a woman, who is licentious or promiscuous.
[Middle English wantowen : wan-, not, lacking (from Old English; see euə- in Indo-European roots) + towen, past participle of teen, to bring up (from Old English tēon, to lead, draw; see deuk- in Indo-European roots).]
wan′ton·ly adv.
wan′ton·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | wantonly - in a wanton manner; "the animals were killed wantonly for sport" |
2. | wantonly - in a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously" |
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بصورةٍ جائِرَه، بصورةٍ داعِرَه
formålsløsthensynsløst
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aî ástæîulausu
ahlâksızca
wantonly
[ˈwɒntənlɪ] ADV1. (= wilfully, gratuitously) [neglect] → con displicencia; [destroy] → gratuitamente, sin sentido; [cruel] → gratuitamente
2. (= dissolutely) → lascivamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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wantonly
adv
(= wilfully) → mutwillig; neglect, waste → sträflich; he was wantonly extravagant with his wife’s money → er gab das Geld seiner Frau mit sträflichem Leichtsinn aus
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wanton
(ˈwontən) adjective1. without reason; motiveless. wanton cruelty; the wanton destruction of property.
2. (of a person) immoral. wanton young women.
ˈwantonly adverbˈwantonness noun
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