释义 |
blithely /ˈblʌɪðli /adverb1In a way that shows a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper: her arrest order was blithely ignored by the police chief...- He fails to grasp the structural teleology of a composition, blithely ignoring any real legato.
- The <i>Times</i> columnist was blithely condescending to the songwriting team's canon.
- Indeed, the fiction of an Australia blithely indifferent to America is the single-most unrealistic aspect of the film.
1.1 literary In a happy or carefree manner: the prince was wandering blithely out into the courtyard...- The family's younger son blithely tools around rural Shropshire in his natty two-seater.
- These white wines, from here and abroad, sail blithely across your taste buds, wake them up, and then gracefully depart.
- The cook is as blithely eccentric as a good neighbor.
|