"carelessly" meaning in English

See carelessly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈkɛɹləsli/ [General-American], /ˈkɛələsli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carelessly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more carelessly [comparative], most carelessly [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru 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 carlēas Middle English careles English careless Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English carelessly From careless + -ly. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|careless|-ly<id:adverb>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. 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  1. Giving the appearance of carelessness; relaxedly. Translations (in a careless manner): অন্ধভাবে (ondhobhabe) (Bengali), 不經意 /不经意 (bùjīngyì) (Chinese Mandarin), nedbale (Czech), lehkomyslně (Czech), senzorge (Esperanto), huolimattomasti (Finnish), muina miehinä (Finnish), négligemment (French), leichtsinnigerweise (German), sorglos (German), gondatlanul (Hungarian), ar nós cuma liom (Irish), 不注意に (fuchūi ni) (alt: ふちゅういに) (Japanese), うっかり (ukkari) (Japanese), tʼáá naʼńleʼee (Navajo), niedbale (Polish), niestarannie (Polish), descuidadamente (Portuguese), небре́жно (nebréžno) (Russian), беспе́чно (bespéčno) (Russian), хала́тно (xalátno) (Russian), безала́берно (bezaláberno) (Russian), nȅmārno (Serbo-Croatian), не̏ма̄рно (Serbo-Croatian), descuidadamente [rare] (Spanish), అజాగ్రతగా (ajāgratagā) (Telugu), enersäṅk (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-carelessly-en-adv-qgZ0~Bis Disambiguation of 'in a careless manner': 76 24
  2. Done without care or attention; inattentively. Translations (inattentively): senatente (Esperanto), figyelmetlenül (Hungarian), nieuważnie (Polish), desatentadamente [rare] (Spanish)
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              44
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Distracted by the salesperson, he carelessly read the contract.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Done without care or attention; inattentively."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inattentively",
          "inattentively"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛɹləsli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛələsli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "roman": "ondhobhabe",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "অন্ধভাবে"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "bùjīngyì",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "不經意 /不经意"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "nedbale"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "lehkomyslně"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "senzorge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "huolimattomasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "muina miehinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "négligemment"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "leichtsinnigerweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "sorglos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "gondatlanul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "ar nós cuma liom"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふちゅういに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "fuchūi ni",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "不注意に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ukkari",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "うっかり"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "lang_code": "nv",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "tʼáá naʼńleʼee"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "niedbale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "niestarannie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "descuidadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "nebréžno",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "небре́жно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "bespéčno",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "беспе́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "xalátno",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "хала́тно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "bezaláberno",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "безала́берно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "nȅmārno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "не̏ма̄рно"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "descuidadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "roman": "ajāgratagā",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "అజాగ్రతగా"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "lang_code": "txb",
      "sense": "in a careless manner",
      "word": "enersäṅk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "inattentively",
      "word": "senatente"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "inattentively",
      "word": "figyelmetlenül"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "inattentively",
      "word": "nieuważnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "inattentively",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "desatentadamente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carelessly"
}

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