carelessly adv

1 without care or concern; "carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment" [syn: heedlessly]

2 without caution or prudence; "one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands" [syn: incautiously] [ant: cautiously, cautiously]

3 in a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle" [syn: rakishly, raffishly]

English

Adverb

1. In a careless manner.

Translations

a corps perdu, airily, any old way, any which way, anyhow, apathetically, at haphazard, at intervals, at random, bunglingly, by chance, by fits, by snatches, capriciously, casually, clumsily, cursorily, desperately, desultorily, disinterestedly, dispassionately, disregardfully, erratically, fitfully, forgetfully, furiously, haphazardly, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head, helter-skelter, hit and miss, hit or miss, holus-bolus, hotheadedly, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, impetuously, in snatches, in spots, inadvertently, inattentively, inconsiderately, indeliberately, indiscriminately, insouciantly, involuntarily, irregularly, lackadaisically, like crazy, like mad, listlessly, madly, messily, mindlessly, negligently, nonchalantly, offhand, offhandedly, once over lightly, overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overzealously, perfunctorily, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, promiscuously, ramble-scramble, randomly, recklessly, regardlessly, slam-bang, slap-bang, slapdash, sloppily, spasmodically, sporadically, tactlessly, thoughtlessly, unadvisedly, uncalculatedly, unconcernedly, undesignedly, unguardedly, unheedfully, unheedingly, unintentionally, uninterestedly, unmethodically, unmindfully, unpremeditatedly, unreasoningly, unsolicitously, unsystematically, unthinkingly, unthoughtfully, unvigilantly, unwarily, wantonly, wildly, without premeditation, without willing