recklessly
30
4.6
- adverb
- /ˈrɛk.ləs.li/
:
imprudentemente
- Authorities say two officers were crossing the street when a car driving recklessly nearly hit them.
- drive recklessly
- spend recklessly
- knowingly or recklessly
But also like her mother, Iren worked intimately and recklessly with radiation.
- But also like her mother, Iren worked intimately and recklessly with radiation.
- Don't you want to know the risk before you act so recklessly?
- Because they squander their money recklessly.
- You're really getting to a point where you're screwing around with the future of mankind recklessly.
- So how was it that thalidomide was recklessly given to so many unsuspecting pregnant women?
- And I'm saying don't rush because there is a fine line between trading out of trouble and trading recklessly.
- It can mean that you take a portion of a paycheck and put it aside because a narcissistic partner will recklessly spend money on themselves all they want.
- I'm not going to live recklessly, but you're not going to control my life and how I should live and the way I should live because you are scared.
- And people are just going out there just very recklessly, recklessly in many cases.
- So people recklessly, we're just saying whatever.
- And, you know, you just can't be, you know, just just recklessly, you know, just pillaging humanity, you know, helpless humanity.
- Like I get mad at people like driving recklessly and like trying to not involve me, but like if they're cutting me off slowly, fine.
Examples
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The pace grew hectic, with cars merging recklessly and pushing into traffic from the on-ramps.
Fiction book (2000) -
They were driving recklessly, right?
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And people are just going out there just very recklessly, recklessly in many cases.
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Why would you act so recklessly?
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Depends how recklessly you drive the car.
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The government will stop spending recklessly and printing money to pay its bills.
Fiction book (2002) -
You shouldn't spend your money so recklessly.
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Stop deliberately and recklessly sowing doubt about our democratic process and start focusing on COVID.
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Evidently, he had borrowed recklessly, gambled away his fortune, and died insolvent.
Fiction book (1991) -
The driver recklessly sped through the red light, endangering everyone on the road.
Synonyms
97
3.2
In a way that can cause harm or injury
28
2.8
In a way that shows poor judgment
20
1.0
In a way that you do something without thinking or paying attention
12
4.2
Showing no care for the bad results of what you do
12
5.1
Act quickly because you suddenly want to, without thinking first
9
6.4
In a very quick and careless way without thinking
7
5.6
Act quickly without thinking about the bad results
5
4.1
In a way that shows poor judgment
4
6.6
In a careless way without proper care or attention
2
6.5
Without care for possible harm or danger
2
8.4
To do something without thinking carefully first
2
4.6
In a brave, bold way that shows someone is willing to take risks
1
7.7
Suddenly and without thinking carefully
1
7.7
In a way that shows no care for possible bad results
1
7.0
In a careless way that ignores danger
1
8.3
Acting in a very risky way without thinking about the dangers
1
2.8
In a way that could cause harm
In a wild and careless way
In a dangerous way that can cause harm
In a dangerous way that may cause harm or loss
Antonyms
How Reckless
Surface Forms
Morphology
recklessly = reckless + reck (semi-transparent) = reck + less + ly
Standard adverb formation from the adjective 'reckless' using the productive suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
The word recklessly comes from reckless, which is made of reck meaning 'to care' and -less meaning 'without'. So recklessly means 'in a way without care', which is why it describes dangerous actions done without care for the results.