regardlessadj.adv.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. F.iii God made he me regard lesse, than I ought, And to my self to take right litle hede.

a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1593) 326 Some put on Christ like a precious head tire, which all day is worne,..but at night, that riches is layd aside, and the head muffled with some regardlesse tyre.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ii. vi. 107/2 From a Princelie Castle, [it] is become no better then a regardles Cottage.

1648 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Descr. Three Princ. xxvii. 385 Many times a small regardlesse hearb, will serve his turne better in his Physick for his Patient.

1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride ii. i. 23 Zara..Is a regardless Suppliant, now, to Osmyn.

1714 H. Grove Spectator No. 626. ⁋7 They dazzle every one but the Possessor: To him that is accustomed to them they are cheap and regardless Things.

1826 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders III. 214 My safety, my lord,..I cast behind me as a regardless thing when I vowed myself to this enterprize.

1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 154 Producing a very pleasing and picturesque effect with materials, which, separately viewed, are of a mean and regardless character.

1578 A. Golding tr. Seneca Conc. Benefyting iv. iv. f. 47^v Surely God dooth no good turnes at all, but is carelesse and regardlesse of vs; and being quyte giuen from the world, buzieth himself about other matters.

1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. X He likest is to fall into mischaunce, That is regardles of his gouernaunce.

1601 R. Yarington Two Lamentable Trag. F ij b Grim imperious death, Reguardlesse instrument of cruell fate.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 408 Regardless of the Bliss wherein hee sat. View more context for this quotation

1695 J. Miller Descr. New York (1843) 7 The most part ignorant and conceited, fickle and regardless.

1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 305 Reprobate Parents that take Ill Courses and are regardless of their Children.

1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas Pref. 16 Indolent and regardless for the Preservation of the People.

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 153 Would..the soldier be regardless at the thundering of cannon?

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 775 Regardless of her charge, She needs herself correction.

1816 J. Austen Emma I. xi Hardly any degree of personal compliment could have made her regardless of that greatest fault of all. View more context for this quotation

1868 J. G. Whittier Among Hills Prel. 78 Treading the May-flowers with regardless feet.

1900 E. H. Strain Elmslie's Drag-net 70 Losh keep's, that was a regardless pagan kin o' prank.

1914 S. B. Steele 40 Years in Canada 124 There were petty traders in the buffalo country who.., provided that their own scalps were safe, were quite regardless of the safety of those of the ‘Mela Hoska’.

1948 Times 23 July 6/4 Various people concerned were..mindful of their unfortunate pre-war experience of the film industry and so were regardless of the national interest.

1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove (1958) 22 He had had a regardless way with money in the first years.

2003 Mojo Nov. 91/1 Regardless, extreme and unbridled, it launched a life's work that led female pop singer-songwriting deep into a dark forest of sensual intimacies and romantic realism.

1837 ‘Nimrod’ Chace, Turf, & Road ii. 33 All got up..‘regardless of expense’.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xvii. 145 The rare and famous wines selected, regardless of cost..had been sold on the previous days.

1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony i. 29 A half close is when a passage ends upon the chord of the dominant, regardless of what harmony may precede it.

1902 B. T. Washington Up from Slavery x. 155 The individual who can do something that the world wants done will..make his way regardless of his race.

1951 H. Arendt Burden of our Time ii. i. 8 Jews were murdered..regardless of what they had done or omitted to do.

1955 N.Y. Herald Tribune 20 Nov. (TV & Radio Mag. section) 6/2 Viewers will continue to buy entertainment regardless whether the show is in its second, third, fourth or fifth year.

1998 Daily Tel. 20 Aug. 12/5 87 per cent of Americans believed that oral sex amounted to sexual relations, however it is defined and regardless of who did what.

2006 24 Hours (Toronto) 9 Jan. 8/5 That number is a short-code, which will work regardless which mobile carrier you use.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xlvii. 334 We are going to get the thing [sc. a funeral] up regardless, you know.

1896 Advance (Chicago) 30 July 150 Miss Bond got herself up regardless, and came in resplendent in ruby velvet and white swansdown.

1905 Publishers' Weekly 21 Jan. 88 (advt.) The most beautiful books of recent years. Gotten up regardless.

1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude ii. 58 Evans. (Blundering on regardless now.) I know it's hardly the proper time—.

1962 Listener 19 Apr. 687/2 The microphone picks everything up, and transmits it regardless.

1998 Cycling Today May 54/1 They'll just carry on regardless, possibly taking painkillers to mask any discomfort.

2007 S. Worboyes Lipstick & Powder ii. 45 When that type wants something they just zone in and go all out, regardless.