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^[1], 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
• 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)
• Spanish: desatentadamente (rare)