recklessly
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Definition of recklessly
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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In a rash or reckless manner, without regard for cost or consequence
“Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.”
“Zoe popped her head up to watch in terror through a little window, as they spread chaos and carnage in their wake, not to mention quite a few broken-off wing mirrors. Burt was driving so recklessly, she was frightened he would kill them both.”
“Brooks was also convicted of 61 counts of recklessly endangering safety with the use of a dangerous weapon, six counts of fatal hit and run, two counts of felony bail jumping and one count of misdemeanor domestic battery.”
“But some Democrats are raising red flags about DOGE staffers “infiltrating multiple agencies at once,” and “recklessly and haphazardly combining data without any verification or validation,” as one senior House Oversight Committee Democratic staffer put it to CNN.”
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adv
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In a rash or reckless manner, without regard for cost or consequence
“Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.”
“Zoe popped her head up to watch in terror through a little window, as they spread chaos and carnage in their wake, not to mention quite a few broken-off wing mirrors. Burt was driving so recklessly, she was frightened he would kill them both.”
“Brooks was also convicted of 61 counts of recklessly endangering safety with the use of a dangerous weapon, six counts of fatal hit and run, two counts of felony bail jumping and one count of misdemeanor domestic battery.”
“But some Democrats are raising red flags about DOGE staffers “infiltrating multiple agencies at once,” and “recklessly and haphazardly combining data without any verification or validation,” as one senior House Oversight Committee Democratic staffer put it to CNN.”
- With contempt for the rights, feelings, or well-being of others.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną Proto-West Germanic *rōkijan Old English rēċan Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English rēċelēas Proto-Indo-European…
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną Proto-West Germanic *rōkijan Old English rēċan Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English rēċelēas Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Old English rēċelēaslīċe Middle English reklesly English recklessly From Middle English reklesly, from Old English rēcelēaslīce; equivalent to reckless + -ly.
Words you can make from recklessly
171 playable · top: CLERKLY (16 pts)
Best play clerkly 16 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
24 words- KERSEY 13 pts
- KEYERS 13 pts
- REKEYS 13 pts
- SLEEKY 13 pts
- CLEEKS 12 pts
- CLERKS 12 pts
- CREEKS 12 pts
- CELERY 11 pts
- CRESSY 11 pts
- CRESYL 11 pts
- CYESES 11 pts
- LYCEES 11 pts
- SYCEES 11 pts
- ESKERS 10 pts
- SKELLS 10 pts
- SLEEKS 10 pts
- YELLER 9 pts
- CREELS 8 pts
- RECESS 8 pts
- SCREES 8 pts
- LESSER 6 pts
- RESELL 6 pts
- SELLER 6 pts
- SELLES 6 pts
5-letter words
47 words- KELLY 12 pts
- KEYER 12 pts
- REEKY 12 pts
- REKEY 12 pts
- RYKES 12 pts
- SYKES 12 pts
- YELKS 12 pts
- YERKS 12 pts
- CLEEK 11 pts
- CLERK 11 pts
- CREEK 11 pts
- RECKS 11 pts
- CELLY 10 pts
- LYCEE 10 pts
- SYCEE 10 pts
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- KEELS 9 pts
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- SEEKS 9 pts
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- SLEEK 9 pts
- EYERS 8 pts
- EYRES 8 pts
- LEERY 8 pts
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- LYSES 8 pts
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- YELLS 8 pts
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- REELS 5 pts
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4-letter words
55 words- KEYS 11 pts
- KYES 11 pts
- RYKE 11 pts
- SKRY 11 pts
- SYKE 11 pts
- YELK 11 pts
- YERK 11 pts
- RECK 10 pts
- SCRY 9 pts
- SYCE 9 pts
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- RECS 6 pts
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- EELS 4 pts
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- ELSE 4 pts
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- REEL 4 pts
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- SEES 4 pts
- SELL 4 pts
- SELS 4 pts
- SERE 4 pts
- SERS 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- KEY 10 pts
- KYE 10 pts
- SKY 10 pts
- CRY 8 pts
- EEK 7 pts
- EKE 7 pts
- ELK 7 pts
- LEK 7 pts
- EYE 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- SLY 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- YES 6 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
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- LEE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- SEE 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
2-letter words
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