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carelessly, adv.|ˈkɛəlɪslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a careless manner, without care; without apprehension (obs.); without attention, art, or study; (now esp.) heedlessly, thoughtlessly, negligently.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. xviii. (1634) 711 Evill men..more carelesly follow their owne lusts. 1592Greene Groatsw. Wit (1617) 39 The one carelesly skiping, the other carefully prying. 1611Bible Ezek. xxxix. 6 Among them that dwell carelesly in the yles. ― Zeph. ii. 15 This is the reioycing citie that dwelt carelessely. 1667Oldenburg in Phil. Trans. II. 432 Course Hemp, carelesly twisted. 1726Addison Dial. Medals ii. 46 Leaning carelessly on a pillar. 1747Berkeley Let. Wks. 1871 IV. 315 Things hastily and carelessly written. 1847Helps Friends in C. (1851) I. 7 Looking at everything so carelessly that they see nothing truly. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. III. xxxvii. 130 Many a carelessly-begotten son of man. |
