heedlesslyadv.
In a heedless manner; carelessly, inattentively.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adverb]
unheedily1596
unattentively1611
unheedfullya1616
heedlesslya1682
unobservantly1733
inattentively1748
unheedingly1787
vaguely1828
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > carelessly or heedlessly
unadvised1420
wildly1548
unrespectively1586
regardlessly1590
unheedily1596
unheedfullya1616
disregardfully1640
unmindfullya1653
inadvertently1678
non-attendingly1678
heedlesslya1682
unregardedly1685
inadvertingly1715
inattentively1748
unheedingly1787
slap-bang1829
regardless1872
merrily1906
blithely1921
slap-happily1969
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 35 Post not heedlesly on unto the non ultra of Folly.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 212. ⁋3 Our Women run on so heedlesly in the Fashion, that [etc.].
1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne I. i. iv. 47 I think the woman did it heedlessly; not mischievously.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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