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It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.
Theophile Gautier

Meaning of "thoughtlessly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THOUGHTLESSLY

thoughtlessly  [ˈθɔːtləslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THOUGHTLESSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thoughtlessly 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 THOUGHTLESSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thoughtlessly in the English dictionary

The definition of thoughtlessly in the dictionary is inconsiderately.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THOUGHTLESSLY


comfortlessly
ˈkʌmfətləslɪ
effortlessly
ˈɛfətləslɪ
exhaustlessly
ɪɡˈzɔːstləslɪ
faultlessly
ˈfɔːltləslɪ
footlessly
ˈfʊtləslɪ
frontlessly
ˈˈfrʌntləslɪ
fruitlessly
ˈfruːtləslɪ
hurtlessly
ˈhɜːtləslɪ
limitlessly
ˈlɪmɪtləslɪ
listlessly
ˈlɪstləslɪ
relentlessly
rɪˈlɛntləslɪ
restlessly
ˈrestləslɪ
shiftlessly
ˈʃɪftləslɪ
spiritlessly
ˈspɪrɪtləslɪ
spotlessly
ˈspɒtləslɪ
tactlessly
ˈtæktləslɪ
thriftlessly
ˈθrɪftləslɪ
trustlessly
ˈtrʌstləslɪ
weightlessly
ˈweɪtləslɪ
witlessly
ˈwɪtləslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THOUGHTLESSLY

thought
thought disorder
thought police
thought process
thought reading
thought shower
thought transference
thought-out
thought-provoking
thought-read
thought-reader
thoughted
thoughten
thoughtful
thoughtfully
thoughtfulness
thoughtless
thoughtlessness
thoughts
thoughtway

WORDS THAT END LIKE THOUGHTLESSLY

aimlessly
artlessly
carelessly
doubtlessly
endlessly
expressly
fearlessly
flawlessly
grossly
helplessly
hopelessly
mercilessly
needlessly
recklessly
ruthlessly
seamlessly
senselessly
shamelessly
timelessly
tirelessly
wordlessly

Synonyms and antonyms of thoughtlessly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thoughtlessly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THOUGHTLESSLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

不假思索
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irreflexivamente
570 millions of speakers

English

thoughtlessly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हृदयहीनता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تفكير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бездумно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impensadamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thoughtlessly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étourdiment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa berfikir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gedankenlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軽率に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생각없이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mindlessly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không suy nghĩ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிந்தனையற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अविचाराने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşüncesizce
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sconsideratamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezmyślnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бездумно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

necugetat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απερίσκεπτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbesonne
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tank
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thoughtlessly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thoughtlessly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THOUGHTLESSLY»

The term «thoughtlessly» is regularly used and occupies the 70.773 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THOUGHTLESSLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thoughtlessly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thoughtlessly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «THOUGHTLESSLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thoughtlessly.
1
Mark Bittman
I'll never stop eating animals, I'm sure, but I do think that for the benefit of everyone, the time has come to stop raising them industrially and stop eating them thoughtlessly.
2
Lena Dunham
I refresh Twitter as thoughtlessly as some twirl their hair.
3
Theophile Gautier
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THOUGHTLESSLY»

Discover the use of thoughtlessly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thoughtlessly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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World Wide Web Marketing: Integrating the Web into Your ...
I posed my obviously beyond stupid self-imposed dilemma to my former sixth grade teacher, who suggested the following retribution: (in lieu of chalkboard) will never thoughtlessly hit the send key will never thoughtlessly hit the send key will  ...
Jim Sterne, 2002
2
Poems
THOUGHTLESSLY SAD. There was a time — too long ago, When I shrank away from the touch of wo, When filled with joy was my tearless eye, And my lip poured its artless melody — A gush of laughter and gladsome sounds, As I strayed ...
Emmeline Charlotte E. Stuart Wortley (lady.), 1833
3
Vocabulary and Hand-Book of the Chinese Language: In two ...
repent; E “-E'-' Z The man who thonghtlessly acts is constantly falling into error; E Q :15 § The man Who thoughtlessly promises has little trust; E 5% :3' 5; f5.' The man who thoughtlessly vililics others has little virtue; $3! §'}{ 55' 3 l'cn The man ...
Justus Doolittle, 1872
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*Ying Hua Cui Lin Yun Fu: 2: Parts 2. and 3. 1
repent; g 1%,' a g The man' who thoughtlessly acts is constantly falling into error; as a g g The man who thoughtlessly promises has little trust; $5"; :8 3 fit' The man' who thoughtlessly vilifios others has little virtue; $32 E)': The man who ...
‎1872
5
Kierkegaard's Writings, IV, Part II: Either/Or:
He thinks it un— fair of the writer to have Emmeline tolerate her mistake so thoughtlessly, thoughtlessly forgive Rinville for having de— ceived her, thoughtlessly forget Charles and thus thought— lessly make a mockery of her own feelings, ...
Søren Kierkegaard, 2013
6
The Common School Journal
We had a servant girl, who, when she once went into the cellar to draw the ale, thoughtlessly left the key of the tap without turning it round properly; so that, in the morning, the cellar was flooded, and no ale left in the barrel. Ch. That was a ...
Horace Mann, 1842
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The Child's companion
went onee into the cellar to draw the ale, thoughtlessly left the key of the tap without turning it round properly ; so that, in the morning, the cellar was flooded, and no ale left in the barrel." " That was a careless trick, however." " A young man in ...
‎1799
8
Generative Social Science: Studies in Agent-Based ...
After the "revolution" entirely new norms prevail, but once entrenched, people become inured to them; they are observed every bit as thoughtlessly (in our sense) as before. I often feel that the same point applies to popular beliefs about the ...
Joshua M. Epstein, 2006
9
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(ti tsiay) Indeed, granaries and storehouses are not to be emptied thoughtlessly, 3.5 merchants and officials are not to be mistreated thoughtlessly, laws and orders are not to be confused thoughtlessly, and state and family are not to be lost ...
Zhong Guan, W. Allyn Rickett, 1998
10
Aquinas and Empowerment: Classical Ethics for Ordinary Lives
In colloquial English, we praise the person who "thinks" and lament the person who acts "thoughtlessly." These are morally laden judgments, for the person judged to be thinking is deemed to be thinking prudentially. Flexible thinking involves ...
G. Simon Harak, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THOUGHTLESSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thoughtlessly is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Central Park West Conversion Has Condos From $1.6M
They look to have been cobbled together so thoughtlessly that it would have taken considerable effort to try to make them this bad. #4. 06/30/15 03:29 PM. «Curbed NY, Jun 15»
2
Carolyn Hax: Readers' turn to offer wisdom while the columnist's away
... a man write in to complain about his best friend getting engaged first or scheduling his wedding the same summer or his wife thoughtlessly getting pregnant so ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
3
How To Fit Gmail's New 'Undo' Feature Into A Rapid Messaging …
But replying quickly to every message both increases the likelihood of thoughtlessly sending a stupid message and wastes a lot of time weeding through spam. «ReadWrite, Jun 15»
4
Adblock Plus Builds First Mobile Browser From the Ground Up …
“As people have embraced the mobile web, advertisers have rushed in after them and destroyed the user experience with ads that are often thoughtlessly ... «Business Wire, May 15»
5
I flew a gyrocopter onto the Capitol Lawn to save our democracy
Everyone is entitled to an opinion about my flight over the Mall last month, but I did not commit this peaceful protest thoughtlessly. The most important ... «Washington Post, May 15»
6
Why Venice Biennale's first African director is a true virtuoso
“I can speak freely, but I think it's important that I don't speak thoughtlessly” – such is the formulation with which Okwui Enwezor, the artistic director of the 2015 ... «Haaretz, May 15»
7
Tree vandalised in Worcester High Street
A TREE in the centre of Worcester was thoughtlessly snapped in half some time over the Bank Holiday weekend. Your Worcester News has been sent pictures ... «Worcester News, May 15»
8
More Technology Requires Better Literacy
That understanding of freedom is also far from whimsical; it requires taking responsibility for oneself and one's own and refusing to be thoughtlessly dependent ... «The Federalist, Apr 15»
9
Difficulties are linked to destinies
You want to go to sleep, but someone thoughtlessly makes a loud noise. You ask someone for help in an emergency, but that person forgets you. You entrust ... «Arab News, Mar 15»
10
School run mums: There's no excuse for thoughtless parking
Fair enough, but I wasn't illegally parked – just thoughtlessly so. And I KNOW I'm not alone in doing this. Can you hand-on-heart say that you've NEVER done it? «Herts and Essex Observer, Jan 15»

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