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We need to learn... how war brutalises and degrades winners and losers alike and what happens to us when, having heedlessly waged war for no good reason, we are encouraged to inflate and demonise our enemies in order to justify that war's indefinite continuance.
Tony Judt

Meaning of "heedlessly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEEDLESSLY

heedlessly  [ˈhiːdlɪslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEEDLESSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heedlessly 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 HEEDLESSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heedlessly in the English dictionary

The definition of heedlessly in the dictionary is without paying heed; carelessly or thoughtlessly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEEDLESSLY


artlessly
ˈɑːtlɪslɪ
blamelessly
ˈbleɪmlɪslɪ
bootlessly
ˈbuːtlɪslɪ
causelessly
ˈkɔːzlɪslɪ
doubtlessly
ˈdaʊtlɪslɪ
dreadlessly
ˈdrɛdlɪslɪ
formlessly
ˈfɔːmlɪslɪ
groundlessly
ˈɡraʊndlɪslɪ
harmlessly
ˈhɑːmlɪslɪ
heartlessly
ˈhɑːtlɪslɪ
humourlessly
ˈhjuːməlɪslɪ
kindlessly
ˈkaɪndlɪslɪ
mirthlessly
mɜːθlɪslɪ
nervelessly
ˈnɜːvlɪslɪ
remorselessly
rɪˈmɔːslɪslɪ
senselessly
ˈsenslɪslɪ
sightlessly
ˈsaɪtlɪslɪ
sinlessly
ˈsɪnlɪslɪ
spinelessly
ˈspaɪnlɪslɪ
voicelessly
ˈvɔɪslɪslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEEDLESSLY

hee-hee
heebie-jeebies
heed
heeder
heedful
heedfully
heedfulness
heediness
heedless
heedlessness
heedy
heehaw
heel
heel bar
heel bone
heel in
heel-and-toe
heelball
heeled
heeler

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEEDLESSLY

aimlessly
carelessly
effortlessly
endlessly
expressly
faultlessly
flawlessly
grossly
helplessly
hopelessly
mercilessly
needlessly
recklessly
relentlessly
ruthlessly
seamlessly
shamelessly
spotlessly
timelessly
tirelessly
wordlessly

Synonyms and antonyms of heedlessly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heedlessly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEEDLESSLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

于不顾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

descuidadamente
570 millions of speakers

English

heedlessly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लापरवाही बरतते
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طائش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неосторожно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heedlessly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্ধভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étourdiment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak peduli
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rücksichtslos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不注意に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heedlessly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heedlessly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heedlessly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவனமின்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Heedlessly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şuursuzca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sbadatamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

beztrosko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

необережно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nepăsare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απερίσκεπτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agteloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heedlessly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heedlessly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heedlessly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEEDLESSLY»

The term «heedlessly» is normally little used and occupies the 109.320 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEEDLESSLY» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «HEEDLESSLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heedlessly.
1
Tony Judt
We need to learn... how war brutalises and degrades winners and losers alike and what happens to us when, having heedlessly waged war for no good reason, we are encouraged to inflate and demonise our enemies in order to justify that war's indefinite continuance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEEDLESSLY»

Discover the use of heedlessly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heedlessly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Making Sense of it All: Pascal and the Meaning of Life
(166) "Running heedlessly into the abyss." That could be a caption beneath many peoples lives. We do not stop to think until it is a bit late. Philosophizing does go on in our world. Deep religious inquiry does take place, but more often in  ...
Thomas V. Morris, 1992
2
Freedom to Believe: Philosophical and Cultural Essays
It is stupid to trust heedlessly—but even more stupid to be “refined,” that is, calculating and distrusting (you can find plenty of examples of this in Pushkin's plots); such a subtlety, he said, was incompatible with the greatness of the soul.
Olʹga Sedakova, 2010
3
The Mind and the Way: Buddhist Reflections on Life
When we lie down, we fall asleep heedlessly. We walk heedlessly, stand heedlessly, and sit heedlessly, so we never really see what is now and what is immediate. We are always thinking about what we have to do now in order to get what we ...
Sumedho, 2012
4
Traffic Laws Annotated 1979
New Hampshire — Vehicles on a highway shall not be operated "recklessly, or so that the lives or safety of the public shall be endangered." New Jersey — Vehicles on highways shall not be driven "heedlessly, in willful or wanton disregard of ...
‎1981
5
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography
Thedwarf conscience,he seemedto be saying, hadno right to tear at him for being “only heedlessly a savage.” He madethe point againina speech of amendstwo years later atan Atlantic breakfast celebrating Holmes's seventieth birthday.
Justin Kaplan, 2008
6
How to Live Forever
Heedlessly buried himself in taking care of patients – patients who were, when it all came down to dust, only strangers. Heedlessly trusted that if he simply did the right thing, his and Sheyoni's life would work out fine. Heedlessly, completely ...
Barry Burnett, 2011
7
The Bounds of Choice: Unchosen Virtues, Unchosen Commitments
Neither may walk heedlessly ahead and abandon the other just because the other's walking pace proves frustratingly slow. It might seem that Gilbert's view is orthogonal to mine since she is interested in obligations and I in commitments.
Talbot Brewer, 2013
8
Ethical Writings: Ethics and Dialogue Between a Philosopher, ...
(217) Again, “Let whoever is under a pastor's hand be afraid of being bound, whether justly or unjustly, and not heedlessly criticize his pastor's judgment, lest even if he is bound unjustly, the fault that did not exist should come to exist out of the ...
Peter Abelard, Paul V. Spade, 1995
9
Joyce, Decadence, and Emancipation
He plucked at the wires heedlessly, glancing quickly from time to time at the face of each new-comer and from time to time, wearily also, at the sky. His harp too, heedless that her coverings had fallen about her knees, seemed weary alike of ...
Vivian Heller, 1995
10
The Well at the World’s End
Heedlessly I rushed across an old stone bridge that spanned a wide river, which gurgled in the darkness; heedlessly I raced across the lawn; heedlessly I ran straight into the arms of a star— tled Asiatic figure coming out of the house.
A. J. Mackinnon, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEEDLESSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heedlessly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nyamubaya - Epitome of Freedom
... who strives to escape from the traumatic nature of battle through a potent illicit brew, mudzepete, which heedlessly intoxicates him to such an ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
How to make Marvellous Melbourne a more cyclist-friendly city
But many pedestrians heedlessly loiter over the "Keep Clear" signs when there are no waiting trams, blocking the way for cyclists. There are ... «The Age, Jul 15»
3
Why Final Fantasy VII matters
... but in a desperate, light-starved urban slum, under the thumb of a corporation that was heedlessly sucking magical-nuclear energy from the ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
4
Defending Greece or just demonising Germany?
... rogue governments at a currency rate favourable to the creditors and heedlessly accumulating debts of one's own while concealing the true ... «Spiked, Jul 15»
5
OP-ED | Greece, Puerto Rico … Connecticut?
This way we can make sure we don't find ourselves walking heedlessly into disaster. Susan Bigelow is an award-winning columnist and the ... «CT Newsjunkie, Jul 15»
6
'The Tribe,' about deaf teens in the Ukraine, marks an audacious debut
... play the guarded, explosively temperamental core group, especially Fesenko and Yana Novikova, who plays the heedlessly promiscuous girl ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
"All Flesh Is Grass" - The Memory of Richard Long
Richard Long at home, 1990s. Those two heedlessly delivered words destroyed Richard Long's academic advancement. He was tenured, thus ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Mutoid Man : Bleeder
The slow pace doesn't last long, though, and again the song heedlessly races forward. On top of all the chaos and noise, Brodsky's vocals tie it ... «Treble, Jul 15»
9
Beauty Report: How to rejuvenate your feet for summer
If, like me, you've allowed your feet to roam heedlessly free all winter, you'll have tough skin and dryness that will take more than sugar and oil ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Every Goan saddled with Rs 29000 debt : Tamankar
PANJIM: Alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party government was heedlessly borrowing to cater to social schemes, social activist Sudip ... «Oherald, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Heedlessly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/heedlessly>. May 2024 ».
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