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

  Reckless \Reck"less\, a. [AS. reccele['a]s, r[=e]cele['a]s.]
     1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
        --Chaucer.
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     2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.


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              It made the king as reckless as them diligent. --Sir
                                                    P. Sidney.
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     Syn: Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent;
          indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive;
          remiss; rash.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Reck"less*ly}, adv. --
          {Reck"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  recklessly
       adv : in a reckless manner

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

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "recklessly":
     a corps perdu, airily, any old way, any which way, anyhow,
     apathetically, bunglingly, carelessly, casually, clumsily,
     cursorily, desperately, disinterestedly, dispassionately,
     disregardfully, 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, impulsively, inattentively,
     inconsiderately, insouciantly, lackadaisically, like crazy,
     like mad, listlessly, madly, messily, mindlessly, negligently,
     nonchalantly, offhand, offhandedly, once over lightly, overeagerly,
     overenthusiastically, overzealously, perfunctorily, precipitantly,
     precipitately, precipitously, promiscuously, quickly,
     ramble-scramble, rashly, regardlessly, slam-bang, slap-bang,
     slapdash, sloppily, suddenly, tactlessly, thoughtlessly,
     unconcernedly, unguardedly, unheedfully, unheedingly,
     uninterestedly, unmindfully, unsolicitously, unthinkingly,
     unvigilantly, unwarily, wantonly, wildly
  
  

















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