carelessly
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
without care or concern
carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adverb
without caution or prudence
one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands
Related & opposite
- cautiously antonym
- careless derived from
- incautious derived from
Sense 3 adverb
in a rakish manner
she wore her hat rakishly at an angle
Related & opposite
- spruce derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | careless |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | heedless |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | cautiously |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | careless |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | incautious |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | spruce |