blithely
15
8.1
- adverb
- /ˈblaɪðli/
:
despreocupadamente
- She blithely skipped down the street, completely unaware of the rain pouring around her.
- blithely ignores
- blithely dismissing
- blithely unaware
Sadly, the ones footing the bill are the innocent civilians who are blithely dismissed as collateral damage.
- Sadly, the ones footing the bill are the innocent civilians who are blithely dismissed as collateral damage.
- Few people ever come to this decision lightly, even though there is this conception that people just blithely go into no contact, right.
- So pointing out logical fallacies, logical contradictions and so on in things that they otherwise would just blithely believe.
- After the war, the US Army blithely buried mustard gas artillery shells and left the area became known as Death Valley.
Examples
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As Webb described it, Obama somewhat blithely believed it was all going to work out.
Academic text (2011) -
In addition, researchers should not blithely dismiss the political cynicism they are likely to find.
Academic text (1995) -
I hate the concept of genius, you know, because people throw it around so, so blithely and have done for over a century.
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I asked you not to come and you did it anyway, so blithely.
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Do you have any idea how hard honest, working people break their backs to earn the dollars out of which you so blithely con them?
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I could picture them on ships, standing in the bow, sailing blithely, even bravely, onto the open sea.
Fiction book (1997) -
Yet by comparison, nowhere else is the Colombian legacy accepted so blithely as in Iberia.
Academic text (1992) -
Into the logjam of development initiatives blithely came the international community, albeit halfheartedly.
Academic text (1992) -
In fact, most pluralists seem blithely unaware of resource allocation problems and such macro-problems as deficits and inflation.
Academic text (1994) -
And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns.
Synonyms
20
1.0
In a way that you do something without thinking or paying attention
11
5.8
Without thinking or paying attention
9
7.4
In a calm way that shows no worry or excitement
6
5.5
In a way that shows you think something is not important
4
4.0
Showing no interest or care
3
4.9
Without thinking carefully or caring about others
3
8.0
In a way that shows little respect and treats things lightly
1
6.7
In a light, careless way that shows little worry
1
7.3
In a way that shows no interest or energy
Speaks or acts in a joking way
In a careless way without thinking
In a way that shows no worry or interest
In a way that shows no interest or concern
In a way that shows no interest or curiosity
In a way that shows no interest or wish to know more
Antonyms
How Carefree
Surface Forms
Morphology
blithely = blithe (transparent) = blithe + ly
The word 'blithely' is transparently derived from 'blithe' with the addition of the adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
The word blithely comes from the old English word blithe, meaning 'happy' or 'gentle', and is related to bliss. So to act blithely is to act in a cheerful, carefree way, sometimes without enough thought.