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UK
/ɹˈæʃli/
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ADVERB
-
in a hasty and foolhardy manner
he fell headlong in love with his cousin
How To Use rashly In A Sentence
- The lower wall is dilated into a pouch caused by the points of misdirected instruments in catheterism having been rashly forced against it. Surgical Anatomy
- More than a year ago, when the U.S. ambassador's post in Baku became vacant, Bryza brashly told everyone in Washington that he wanted to be -- nay, he was going to be -- the next ambassador to Azerbaijan. Harut Sassounian: Obama Can Now Replace Bryza With a New Nominee as Ambassador to Azerbaijan
- She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly
- Yes, it's possible to hold these views and still behave rashly, or "overreact," as I now firmly believe Gates did. Norm Stamper: Let's All Have a Beer and Talk Police Work
- But contention is rashly instituted against the opinion of an adversary, first, when it is not proposed according to the mind and intention of him who is the assertor; Secondly, when it is discussed beyond all due bounds, and its deformity is unseasonably exaggerated; and, lastly, when its refutation is attempted by arguments ill calculated to produce that effect. The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1
- An "ideal" BMI sufferer putting on a few pounds of muscle by doing some judicious exercise might well stave off death for a bit longer; simply gorging on cakes probably won't help. recent calls for a BMI tax are now further exposed as foolishness, and the "fat people" that he rashly proposes to attack with a stick (any time, Coren - better make it a big stick*) have the consolation of knowing that they'll probably outlive him. The Register
- One of the latest designs to emerge from his upstart firm, the brashly named BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, this vision of a New York apartment complex has a startling profile totally at odds with the grids of crew-cut, square-shouldered towers dotting the Manhattan skyline. Building a Better Future
- The boy stares the big eye, is pleasantly surprised, is happy throws to me side, takes off my hat to throw by far rashly toward the window outside.
- Whoever you may be, I caution you against rashly defaming the author of this work, or cavilling in jest against him. Anatomy of Melancholy
- It was a few years later that the decorated building made a last brave stand, Art Deco's Egyptian colonnades and Moderne sunbursts sparkling brashly among dimmer stripped-classical and early modern façades.