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unpremeditatedly

unpremeditatedly

9.5
Without planning or thinking about it first
  • adverb
  • /ˌʌnprɪˈmɛdɪˌteɪɪdli/
translation icon : espontáneamente
  • The artist painted unpremeditatedly, letting her emotions guide each stroke of the brush.

He also talks about actions performed hastily, that is, quickly and unpremeditatedly.

Examples

  • She'd resurrected this costume the night before, unpremeditatedly, amid confused moments of equal certainty and sorrow while sweeping the bedroom floor.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • That it had been less an expression than an anti-expression, empty of everything as she unpremeditatedly robbed him of the only way he'd ever found to have power.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • He spoke unpremeditatedly, sharing his thoughts without thinking them through first.

  • They decided to travel unpremeditatedly, packing their bags and leaving on a whim.

Synonyms

accidentally
vsunpremeditatedly
354 1.4

In a way that is not planned and happens by mistake

is not planned but can occur by choice rather than chance
inadvertently
vsunpremeditatedly
68 5.2

Without meaning to do something

is not planned but lacks the implication of neglect or carelessness
spontaneously
vsunpremeditatedly
48 4.4

To act naturally without planning or being forced

is not planned but highlights absence of earlier thought or design
unintentionally
vsunpremeditatedly
32 3.4

Without meaning to

is about lack of prior planning rather than lack of intention
unadvisedly
vsunpremeditatedly
2 8.4

To do something without thinking carefully first

is not planned but focuses on lack of caution rather than planning
extemporarily
vsunpremeditatedly
9.9

In a way that is not planned beforehand

is not planned but does not focus on performance or improvisation
undesignedly
vsunpremeditatedly
9.9

In an unplanned way not on purpose

is not planned but does not necessarily imply accidental causation

Antonyms

deliberately
320 3.7

To do something on purpose and with care

premeditatedly
1 8.1

In a planned way before doing something

How Deliberate

intentionally
155 3.1
unpremeditatedly
9.5
accidentally
354 1.4

Surface Forms

unpremeditatedly positive

Morphology

unpremeditatedly = unpremeditated (transparent) = un + premeditate + ed + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'unpremeditated', a regular adjective-to-adverb derivation.

Etymology

The word unpremeditatedly breaks into un- 'not', pre- 'before', and meditate 'to think', so it simply means 'not thought about before' and describes doing something without planning or thinking ahead.