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Antonyms for heedlessly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : heed-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhid lɪs



Definition of heedlessly

Origin :
  • "without regard," 1570s, from heed + -less. Related: Heedlessly; heedlessness.
  • As in lightly : adv gently, effortlessly
  • As in pell-mell : adv hurriedly and carelessly
  • As in impetuously : adv hastily
  • As in improvidently : adv impulsively
  • As in inadvertently : adv carelessly
  • As in blindly : adv carelessly
  • As in offhandedly : adv nonchalantly
  • As in rashly : adv brashly
  • As in recklessly : adv dangerously
  • As in unconsciously : adv without thinking
  • As in hastily : adv with great speed
Example sentences :
  • Seeing a pier jutting out, he heedlessly followed it to the very end.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • His son had been playing with a courtier and the latter had heedlessly wounded him.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Therefore it is so sad for us that we go about so heedlessly.
  • Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther
  • He cursed the rising water, and bade it stay—and heedlessly it came on.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • Then Thornly came to the curtain and flung it heedlessly back.
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • Could he ever confess that he had heedlessly parted with this gift of all others from his master?
  • Extract from : « The Emperor, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • How can you undertake such obligations so heedlessly, Sofya Semyonovna?
  • Extract from : « Crime and Punishment » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Brave giantesses who dared to treat your sacred possession so heedlessly!
  • Extract from : « Hadda Padda » by Godmunder Kamban
  • In ordinary Greek, the word εἰκῆ means "heedlessly, inconsiderately."
  • Extract from : « My Religion » by Leo Tolstoy
  • She drew hairpins from the coils and dropped them heedlessly.
  • Extract from : « Bruce of the Circle A » by Harold Titus

Synonyms for heedlessly

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