recklesslyadv.

Brit.

/ˈrɛkləsli/, U.S.

/ˈrɛkləsli/

Forms: see reckless adj. and -ly suffix²; also Scottish pre-1700 rekasly (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reckless adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < reckless adj. + -ly suffix².Rare in the 18th cent.

1. Without regard to consequences or risk, rashly, imprudently.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > rashly or recklessly

recklesslyeOE

abandonc1330

rabbishlya1387

recklessa1450

savagelyc1450

temerarilyc1450

temerously1461

rashly?1518

temerariously1535

improvisedlya1538

hare-brainedlya1577

rash1591

wretchlessly?16..

over-rashly1609

bayardly1624

to run amok1689

harum-scarum1691

hell-bent1863

α.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xlvii. 361 Ongean ðæt sint to manienne ða ðe ða sibbe sawað, ðæt hie swa micel weorc to recceleaslice & to unwærlice ne don, & huru ðær ðær hie nyton hwæðer sio sibb betre betwux gefæstnod bið, ðe ne bið.

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xx. 221 Þa he eode in his hus, he cleopode receleaslice to his þeowtlinge & cwæð: ‘cum, deoful, hider & unsco me!’

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 89 The kyng..bytook rechelesliche [?a1475 anon. tr. negligentely; L. negligenter] þe governaunce of his kyngdom to his chaunceller.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. 125 (MED) He may renne in arrerage..And as a reneyed caityf recchelesly gon aboute.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiii. 19) They rechelessly despyse all daungers as if they were out of all gonneshot.

1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) ix. sig. C9^v Nothing..makes him more retchlesly carelesse, what becomes of all.

1691 ‘N. N.’ Blatant Beast Muzzl'd 135 But, how comes that Prince to be so rechlessly careless of his Life?

β. a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 367 And þai wil not þair mys amend, Bott reklisly hir rede refuse.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vi. 48 Thre of his seruandis, that fast by hym lay, Full raklesly he kyllyt.1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 5^v Hee so carelesly floated in the seas of voluptuousnesse, and so recklesselye raunged in lycentious and lawlesse lybertie..that the Citizens of Barutta noted him for a myrrour if [sic] immoderate lyfe. 1800 Earl of Clare Speech House of Lords of Ireland 10 Feb. 17 It can scarcely be imagined, that a case in itself of such importance..should be thus recklessly entrusted to the hands of persons, who..were totally unfit to try it.1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 60 Mr. M'Quiddit drank recklessly and deep.1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill ii. iv He had turned a deaf ear to their supplications, and hurried them recklessly to the scaffold.1909 Elem. School Teacher 9 455 The nation spent recklessly of its inherited physical capital.1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iii. 311 It was this Miss Trant who had so suddenly, so recklessly, so absurdly decided to run the Concert Party.1950 Times 19 Oct. 5/4 If recklessly exploited forests become exhausted; guarded, tended, and intelligently cut they renew themselves indefinitely.1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania xix. 550 Gauguin is often represented as a bourgeois stockbroker who suddenly upped and left, abandoning his job and his wife and five children and recklessly fleeing to Tahiti.

†2. Carelessly, inattentively, neglectfully. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb]

recklesslyeOE

lighteOE

yemeleslichec1000

lightlyOE

recklessa1450

slightlya1557

uncaredly?1590

wretchlessly?16..

incuriously1603

uncarefully1655

carelessly1667

slightily1679

slapdash1680

lashly1691

cavalierly1718

negligent1738

α.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) lvii. 439 Nis us nawht recceleaslice to gehiranne ðætte he nemde ða undiorestan wyrta ðe on wyrttunum weaxe.

lOE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 302) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 168 Se þe hit [sc. godes weorc] þonne recelæaslice and unclænlice wyrceð, he bið awyrged into helle.

Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 136 (MED) If the thing is don rechelesli and flateringli, no thing is more wretchid..anentis God.

c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 208 (MED) Hou mych lengare that god abydez vs that we amende vs, so mych the streyter schal hee deme vs if we do rechlesly [1425 Lansd. necligamus].

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxvii. f. lxxiij Thou haste thy body rechelesly gouerned and blamest hyt for thy gylt.

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) ii. ii. sig. fvi/1 People kepe not theyr vowes..but breke them retchelesly or wylfully.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke viii Because he so rechelessely kept the euangelicall treasure.

1577 J. Dee Gen. & Rare Memorials 50 Private Gayn, Delight, or wilfulnes, shall not so much either rechlesly, craftily, or violently, devoure, or bar the Profit-Publik.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion x. 163 When of Ages past wee looke in bookes to read, Wee retchlesly discharge our memory of those.

1656 T. Baker Wicked Mans Plot 108 We are not..so carelesly, and retchlesly, to cast our Care upon God, as to neglect the Meanes, which hee hath appointed.

β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28279 (MED) Quare i was scheperd, hade sauls to kepe, To reckelesly i geit my schepe.a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 3907 Penance..done Parchaunce over reklesly and over sone.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 227 The lauboreris latt rakleslye went In.a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 174 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 6 That ill corrupcioune of aire will..mekile empare The men that..kepis thaim raklesly & myss.1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 147 [The knight] prayit his gaistis for to be blyith and glaid Howbeit his Tabill was reckleslie doun laid.1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. lviii. 83 Doing all things that they did, litherly, slowly, rekelesly and stubbornely.

†3. Scottish. As a result of carelessness or negligence; accidentally, unintentionally. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > negligently

negligentlya1382

recklessly1425

neglectly1594

lashly1691

neglectedly1865

1425 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 12/2 Gif it be the man at aw the hous that birnis it reklesly [etc.].

c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence 609 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 419 Rek [l] asly he let It fall, and brak quhyt in pecis smal.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 158 Thus raklesly this gud knycht haiff thai tynt.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. Prol. l. 11 Thre thousand ȝhere..Neyr forȝet war reklesly [by historians].

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 1157 in Wks. (1931) I [To tell] quhow blynd Lameth raikleslye Did slay Cayn vnhappelye.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 148 How he was slaine..be ane of his awin gunis that brak rackleslie in hir schutting.

1609 J. Skene tr. Crimes in Regiam Majestatem 159 Gif ane stranger, or traveller burnes ane other mans house rakleslie, he sall be arreisted.

1655 Cockburnspath Baron Court 20 Dec. (National Arch. Scotl.) Alexander confessed that he touched him rackeleslie with the flaill vpon the heid.

1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace viii. ii. 184 Then Wallace drew against that Traitor Lown A Stroke which mist him, but clove Maitland down. Who racklesly, betwixt the Two did pass.

1751 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. I. 252 Our old statute, which subjects the tenant to the owner's damage, if the fire happen by Misgovernance, or recklessly.

1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) ii. 9 Uncle Rabby ran in between them, he having a great lang nose like a trumpet, she recklesly came o'er his lobster neb a drive wi' the laddle until the blood sprang out.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	recklessly
释义	recklesslyadv. Brit. /ˈrɛkləsli/, U.S. /ˈrɛkləsli/ Forms: see reckless adj. and -ly suffix²; also Scottish pre-1700 rekasly (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reckless adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < reckless adj. + -ly suffix².Rare in the 18th cent. 1. Without regard to consequences or risk, rashly, imprudently. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > rashly or recklessly recklesslyeOE abandonc1330 rabbishlya1387 recklessa1450 savagelyc1450 temerarilyc1450 temerously1461 rashly?1518 temerariously1535 improvisedlya1538 hare-brainedlya1577 rash1591 wretchlessly?16.. over-rashly1609 bayardly1624 to run amok1689 harum-scarum1691 hell-bent1863 α. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xlvii. 361 Ongean ðæt sint to manienne ða ðe ða sibbe sawað, ðæt hie swa micel weorc to recceleaslice & to unwærlice ne don, & huru ðær ðær hie nyton hwæðer sio sibb betre betwux gefæstnod bið, ðe ne bið. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xx. 221 Þa he eode in his hus, he cleopode receleaslice to his þeowtlinge & cwæð: ‘cum, deoful, hider & unsco me!’ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 89 The kyng..bytook rechelesliche [?a1475 anon. tr. negligentely; L. negligenter] þe governaunce of his kyngdom to his chaunceller. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. 125 (MED) He may renne in arrerage..And as a reneyed caityf recchelesly gon aboute. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiii. 19) They rechelessly despyse all daungers as if they were out of all gonneshot. 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) ix. sig. C9^v Nothing..makes him more retchlesly carelesse, what becomes of all. 1691 ‘N. N.’ Blatant Beast Muzzl'd 135 But, how comes that Prince to be so rechlessly careless of his Life? β. a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 367 And þai wil not þair mys amend, Bott reklisly hir rede refuse.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vi. 48 Thre of his seruandis, that fast by hym lay, Full raklesly he kyllyt.1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 5^v Hee so carelesly floated in the seas of voluptuousnesse, and so recklesselye raunged in lycentious and lawlesse lybertie..that the Citizens of Barutta noted him for a myrrour if [sic] immoderate lyfe. 1800 Earl of Clare Speech House of Lords of Ireland 10 Feb. 17 It can scarcely be imagined, that a case in itself of such importance..should be thus recklessly entrusted to the hands of persons, who..were totally unfit to try it.1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 60 Mr. M'Quiddit drank recklessly and deep.1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill ii. iv He had turned a deaf ear to their supplications, and hurried them recklessly to the scaffold.1909 Elem. School Teacher 9 455 The nation spent recklessly of its inherited physical capital.1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iii. 311 It was this Miss Trant who had so suddenly, so recklessly, so absurdly decided to run the Concert Party.1950 Times 19 Oct. 5/4 If recklessly exploited forests become exhausted; guarded, tended, and intelligently cut they renew themselves indefinitely.1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania xix. 550 Gauguin is often represented as a bourgeois stockbroker who suddenly upped and left, abandoning his job and his wife and five children and recklessly fleeing to Tahiti. †2. Carelessly, inattentively, neglectfully. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] recklesslyeOE lighteOE yemeleslichec1000 lightlyOE recklessa1450 slightlya1557 uncaredly?1590 wretchlessly?16.. incuriously1603 uncarefully1655 carelessly1667 slightily1679 slapdash1680 lashly1691 cavalierly1718 negligent1738 α. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) lvii. 439 Nis us nawht recceleaslice to gehiranne ðætte he nemde ða undiorestan wyrta ðe on wyrttunum weaxe. lOE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 302) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 168 Se þe hit [sc. godes weorc] þonne recelæaslice and unclænlice wyrceð, he bið awyrged into helle. Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 136 (MED) If the thing is don rechelesli and flateringli, no thing is more wretchid..anentis God. c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 208 (MED) Hou mych lengare that god abydez vs that we amende vs, so mych the streyter schal hee deme vs if we do rechlesly [1425 Lansd. necligamus]. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxvii. f. lxxiij Thou haste thy body rechelesly gouerned and blamest hyt for thy gylt. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) ii. ii. sig. fvi/1 People kepe not theyr vowes..but breke them retchelesly or wylfully. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke viii Because he so rechelessely kept the euangelicall treasure. 1577 J. Dee Gen. & Rare Memorials 50 Private Gayn, Delight, or wilfulnes, shall not so much either rechlesly, craftily, or violently, devoure, or bar the Profit-Publik. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion x. 163 When of Ages past wee looke in bookes to read, Wee retchlesly discharge our memory of those. 1656 T. Baker Wicked Mans Plot 108 We are not..so carelesly, and retchlesly, to cast our Care upon God, as to neglect the Meanes, which hee hath appointed. β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28279 (MED) Quare i was scheperd, hade sauls to kepe, To reckelesly i geit my schepe.a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 3907 Penance..done Parchaunce over reklesly and over sone.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 227 The lauboreris latt rakleslye went In.a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 174 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 6 That ill corrupcioune of aire will..mekile empare The men that..kepis thaim raklesly & myss.1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 147 [The knight] prayit his gaistis for to be blyith and glaid Howbeit his Tabill was reckleslie doun laid.1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. lviii. 83 Doing all things that they did, litherly, slowly, rekelesly and stubbornely. †3. Scottish. As a result of carelessness or negligence; accidentally, unintentionally. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > negligently negligentlya1382 recklessly1425 neglectly1594 lashly1691 neglectedly1865 1425 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 12/2 Gif it be the man at aw the hous that birnis it reklesly [etc.]. c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence 609 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 419 Rek [l] asly he let It fall, and brak quhyt in pecis smal. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 158 Thus raklesly this gud knycht haiff thai tynt. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. Prol. l. 11 Thre thousand ȝhere..Neyr forȝet war reklesly [by historians]. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 1157 in Wks. (1931) I [To tell] quhow blynd Lameth raikleslye Did slay Cayn vnhappelye. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 148 How he was slaine..be ane of his awin gunis that brak rackleslie in hir schutting. 1609 J. Skene tr. Crimes in Regiam Majestatem 159 Gif ane stranger, or traveller burnes ane other mans house rakleslie, he sall be arreisted. 1655 Cockburnspath Baron Court 20 Dec. (National Arch. Scotl.) Alexander confessed that he touched him rackeleslie with the flaill vpon the heid. 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace viii. ii. 184 Then Wallace drew against that Traitor Lown A Stroke which mist him, but clove Maitland down. Who racklesly, betwixt the Two did pass. 1751 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. I. 252 Our old statute, which subjects the tenant to the owner's damage, if the fire happen by Misgovernance, or recklessly. 1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) ii. 9 Uncle Rabby ran in between them, he having a great lang nose like a trumpet, she recklesly came o'er his lobster neb a drive wi' the laddle until the blood sprang out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.eOE
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