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If you blithely do what you do and you're good at what you do, and try to be a decent person, you can succeed.
Michael Patrick Jann

Meaning of "blithely" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLITHELY

blithely  [ˈblaɪðlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLITHELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blithely is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES BLITHELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blithely in the English dictionary

The definition of blithely in the dictionary is without concern for the consequences. Other definition of blithely is in a carefree and happy manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLITHELY


lithely
ˈlaɪðlɪ
smoothly
ˈsmuːðlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLITHELY

blister rust
blister-packed
blistered
blistering
blisteringly
blistery
BLit
blite
blithe
blitheness
blither
blithering
blithesome
blithesomely
blithesomeness
BLitt
blitz
blitzed
blitzer
blitzkrieg

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLITHELY

absolutely
approximately
barely
closely
completely
definitely
effectively
entirely
extremely
gauchely
immediately
likely
lonely
louchely
lovely
privately
relatively
respectively
Szombathely
unfortunately

Synonyms and antonyms of blithely in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blithely» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLITHELY

Find out the translation of blithely to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blithely from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blithely» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

愉快地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alegremente
570 millions of speakers

English

blithely
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सानंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بابتهاج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беспечно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blithely
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খুশিমনে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

allègrement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blithely
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

munter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

平気
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blithely
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô tình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உவகையுடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हर्षभरीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaygısızca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

allegramente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

beztrosko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безтурботно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blithely
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαιδρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrolik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blithely
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ubekymret
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blithely

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLITHELY»

The term «blithely» is regularly used and occupies the 105.742 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLITHELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blithely

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2 QUOTES WITH «BLITHELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blithely.
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Michael J. Fox
Teenagers blithely skip off to uncertain futures, while their parents sit weeping curbside in the Volvo, because the adolescent brain isn't yet formed enough to recognize and evaluate risk.
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Michael Patrick Jann
If you blithely do what you do and you're good at what you do, and try to be a decent person, you can succeed.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLITHELY»

Discover the use of blithely in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blithely and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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My fifty years in nursing: give us to go blithely
This book is informative and inspiring reading for practicing nurses and those considering a career in nursing.
Doris R. Schwartz, 1995
2
Poems
GO BLITHELY Give us to go blithely on our business all day. — Robert Louis Stevenson Go blithely! for to serve thy God A joy should ever be; Rejoice! lift up the head, — the heart, — From sadness be thou free. Go blithely! Footsore, weary  ...
Helen Elizabeth Coolidge, 1907
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Musical Gazette
shepherds, rejoice without measure, rejoice without measure, And blithely respond to the lay. Tra-la - la ! Tra-la - la ! And as blithely respond to the Chorus, Chorus, all parts. , ^^^^^^w^ 1^ ww 1^ k. N Solo, or tern 1-chom* of men'i mites. lay.
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"The Julia."
Blithely and the grandeur of his business operations, with all the volubility his asthmatic difficulty would allow. Now, though Captain White had been some hours endeavoring to find this very Richard Scrummadge, John Blithely's head clerk, ...
Jane Elizabeth Roscoe Hornblower, 1859
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de bukley, or incidents of australian life
"Blithely O! Blithely 0 ! Our hearts are light and free ! Nor fear we aught, Heat, cold , or drought, Blithely forth go we !" " A pioneer life, Is fraught with strife, But our hearts are light and free O'er torrid strand ; O'er frigid land ; Blithely forth go we !
edward williams, 1887
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The Diary of Anne Frank: The Revised Critical Edition
The gentlemen puff non-stop at their pipes, Peter listens, eyes closed with the exertion, Mummy wearing a long dark negligee, Mrs. v.P. trembling because of the planes, which take no notice of the speech but fly blithely on towards Essen, ...
Anne Frank, David Barnouw, Gerrold Van Der Stroom, 2003
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Eliza Cook's Journal
... The grandeur of departing day In the rich glory of the skies ; Whilst yet the shadowy coppice rings, Aa the brave throstle blithely smgs. To morrow, when his curliest beams Turn to loose gold the quivering rills; Rekindle the rejoicing streams, ...
Eliza Cook, 1850
8
Wisdom Science
WISDOM. WALKS. BLITHELY. BY. Free will is sufficient to prevent takeover of the human personhood by the Ultimate Madonna(symbol of Love, Caring, Compassion). From the perspective of intellect, it is better that thinker do the decisioning, ...
Norman Edgar Wengert, 2009
9
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast Pillow Book
Sometimes while I'm blithely puttering, dumbly building each new day's straw house— heedless of the fact that it must fall to the lupine blusterings of night— I'll be taken forcibly, and all at once, by a demonstration of the transcendent beauty of ...
Bill Richardson, 1998
10
Leuella: A Poetical Tale, and Miscellaneous Poems
Blithely she caroll'd to the early sun, And blithely saw his race of glory run; Blithely she cull'd the choicest flowers she knew, And o'er the cowslip'd meadow blithely flew, Alone to stray amidst her favourite trees, _ And catch fresh sweets from ...
Richard Matthews, 1824

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLITHELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blithely is used in the context of the following news items.
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At Large: Where the Govan Ferry and swans now blithely sail
At Large: Where the Govan Ferry and swans now blithely sail. Ken Smith. Diary Editor. Tuesday 7 July 2015. THERE used to be 11 ferry routes criss-crossing the ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
2
Amy Schumer's blind spot on race
In another bit, she blithely told an audience that Latino men are rapists. "I used to date Hispanic guys, but now I prefer consensual.". «WA today, Jul 15»
3
How Crazy Rich Asians Splash Their Cash
... the 42-year-old novelist, with his ink-jet helmet of hair, and black-on-black attire, nursing a glass of Coke, nods blithely: “Yes, she just doesn't ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
4
Eat and Release
Fill one-third with seawater and enjoy, but don't blithely dump the contents. To avoid splash-back, hold the bucket near the water's surface and ... «Boating Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Nicki Minaj bursts out of her underwear during Wireless Festival …
And, even when she did notice, she blithely shrugged it off. Hard not to stare: Singing and dancing before an audience of thousands, the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Tesla Model S 85kWh Dual Motor Performance 5dr
Top Gear, as you'll know, is not one to blithely embrace the latest, shiniest fad, particularly when it comes to alternative fuels. But the P85D truly ... «Top Gear, Jul 15»
7
Obergefell is so awful that it makes Dred Scott look like a piece of …
As the pro-life movement was joined, so the marriage movement will be joined, by defenders of the authentic Constitution so blithely traduced by the Court's ... «Lifesite, Jul 15»
8
Implementing the NAP
The 8,111 proscribed organisations that have been put on 'the fourth schedule' continue to go about their business seemingly blithely unaware ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
9
The Diary: What the Edinburgh woman told the chap from Glasgow …
... unlike us old folk who blithely answered a phone at home whenever it rang. A reader in Glasgow heard a young woman tell her pal who was ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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7 Reasons Why Scott Disick Is Actually The Good Guy In His …
But given how, after the birth of each kid, Kourtney repeatedly says things to indicate the inevitability of future children, and how blithely she ... «Bustle, Jul 15»

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