recklessly

副词 adv.

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. 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.
  2. With contempt for the rights, feelings, or well-being of others.

词形变化

more recklessly comparative most recklessly superlative

词源

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-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Old English rēċelēaslīċe
Middle English reklesly
English recklessly
From Middle English reklesly, from Old English rēcelēaslīce; equivalent to reckless + -ly.
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