carelessly

English

Etymology

From careless +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹləsli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛələsli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

carelessly (comparative more carelessly, superlative most carelessly)

1. Giving the appearance of carelessness; relaxedly.

   The papers were carelessly strewn on the table.

   • 1920 March, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine‎, page 264:

     Let us try to imagine the qualms of some Fifth Avenue florist if he could but see so many potential boutonnières, at a dollar apiece, so carelessly heaped up in baskets, lining the dingy pavement.

2. Done without care or attention; inattentively.

   Distracted by the salesperson, he carelessly read the contract.

Translations

in a careless manner

Bengali: অন্ধভাবে (bn) (ondhobhabe) Chinese: Mandarin: 不經意 / 不经意 (zh) (bùjīngyì) Czech: nedbale, lehkomyslně Esperanto: senzorge Finnish: huolimattomasti (fi), muina miehinä (fi) French: négligemment (fr) German: leichtsinnigerweise (de), sorglos (de) Hungarian: gondatlanul (hu) Irish: ar nós cuma liom Japanese: 不注意に (ja) (ふちゅういに, fuchūi ni), うっかり (ja) (ukkari) Navajo: tʼáá naʼńleʼee Polish: niedbale (pl), niestarannie (pl) Portuguese: descuidadamente (pt) Russian: небре́жно (ru) (nebréžno), беспе́чно (ru) (bespéčno), хала́тно (ru) (xalátno), безала́берно (ru) (bezaláberno) Serbo-Croatian: nȅmārno (sh), не̏ма̄рно Spanish: descuidadamente (es) (rare) Telugu: అజాగ్రతగా (te) (ajāgratagā) Tocharian B: enersäṅk

inattentively

Esperanto: senatente Hungarian: figyelmetlenül (hu) Polish: nieuważnie (pl) Spanish: desatentadamente (rare)