Carelessly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carelessly \Care"less*ly\, adv.
     In a careless manner.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  carelessly
       adv 1: without care or concern; "carelessly raised the children's
              hopes without thinking of their possible
              disappointment" [syn: {heedlessly}]
       2: without caution or prudence; "one unfortunately sees
          historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into
          unsympathetic hands" [syn: {incautiously}] [ant: {cautiously},
           {cautiously}]
       3: in a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle"
          [syn: {rakishly}, {raffishly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "carelessly":
     a corps perdu, airily, any old way, any which way, anyhow,
     apathetically, at haphazard, at intervals, at random, bunglingly,
     by chance, by fits, by snatches, capriciously, casually, clumsily,
     cursorily, desperately, desultorily, disinterestedly,
     dispassionately, disregardfully, erratically, fitfully,
     forgetfully, furiously, haphazardly, happen what may, hastily,
     head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly,
     heels over head, helter-skelter, hit and miss, hit or miss,
     holus-bolus, hotheadedly, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, impetuously,
     in snatches, in spots, inadvertently, inattentively,
     inconsiderately, indeliberately, indiscriminately, insouciantly,
     involuntarily, irregularly, lackadaisically, like crazy, like mad,
     listlessly, madly, messily, mindlessly, negligently, nonchalantly,
     offhand, offhandedly, once over lightly, overeagerly,
     overenthusiastically, overzealously, perfunctorily, precipitantly,
     precipitately, precipitously, promiscuously, ramble-scramble,
     randomly, recklessly, regardlessly, slam-bang, slap-bang, slapdash,
     sloppily, spasmodically, sporadically, tactlessly, thoughtlessly,
     unadvisedly, uncalculatedly, unconcernedly, undesignedly,
     unguardedly, unheedfully, unheedingly, unintentionally,
     uninterestedly, unmethodically, unmindfully, unpremeditatedly,
     unreasoningly, unsolicitously, unsystematically, unthinkingly,
     unthoughtfully, unvigilantly, unwarily, wantonly, wildly,
     without premeditation, without willing