[
US
/ˈkɛɹɫəsɫi/
]
[ UK /kˈeələsli/ ]
[ UK /kˈeələsli/ ]
ADVERB
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in a rakish manner
she wore her hat rakishly at an angle -
without care or concern
carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment -
without caution or prudence
one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands
How To Use carelessly In A Sentence
- Despite being very comfortable by Zambian standards, he is a man who does not spend his money carelessly and he is on a salary just like his wife and his workers.
- He just moves on, as if we were unworthy of his attention, like the remoras which hitch a free ride on his flanks, and which he brushes off if they carelessly move within reach of his flippers.
- These portable torches use pressurized tanks of propane and, if handled carelessly, can be hazardous.
- Carelessly, she dumped her lunch out, its contents spilling all across the floor.
- As the machine lifted, it caught the sun above the forest margins, and burnished the fair hair falling carelessly over her forehead. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
- They had the part about attracting attention right, but then too many rushed into the creative process carelessly.
- Before his facile perils and ready laugh, life was no longer an affair of serious effort and restraint, but a toy, to be played with and turned topsy-turvy, carelessly to be lived and pleasured in, and carelessly to be flung aside. Chapter 2
- People throw around this term carelessly to describe any video made for the web. NewTeeVee
- The prosecution alleges she was driving carelessly.
- One gate is padlocked - but chained so carelessly a man could squeeze through the gap with ease.