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Synonyms for rashly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : rash |
| Phonetic Transcription : ræʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for rashly Other synonyms for the word rashly
- frantically
- furiously
- hastily
- headily
- headstrongly
- heedlessly
- hurriedly
- ill-advisedly
- impetuously
- imprudently
- impulsively
- inadvisedly
- incautiously
- indiscreetly
- indomitably
- irresponsibly
- madly
- passionately
- precipitantly
- precipitately
- precipitously
- recklessly
- speedily
- thoughtlessly
- unpreparedly
- unthinkingly
- unwarily
- unwisely
- wildly
Définition of rashly
Origin :- late 14c., "nimble, quick, vigorous" (early 14c. as a surname), a Scottish and northern word, perhaps from Old English -ræsc (cf. ligræsc "flash of lightning") or one of its Germanic cognates, from Proto-Germanic *raskuz (cf. Middle Low German rasch, Middle Dutch rasc "quick, swift," German rasch "quick, fast"). Related to Old English horsc "quick-witted." Sense of "reckless, impetuous, heedless of consequences" is attested from c.1500. Related: Rashly; rashness.
- adv brashly
- I rashly told him that I might as well have been, considering my appearance.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
- But I was not alone with her, as you have so rashly assumed.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- Many a man and woman has rashly wished that it were possible to look into the future.
- Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
- Then it could be supposed that he had rashly entered, and been overcome by the vapours.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- My age and the dress I wear may be my guarantees that I do not speak idly nor rashly.'
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- Warren, rashly exposing himself, had a pin shot out of his hair.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- I am now unable to move, and howl if any one approaches me rashly.
- Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey
- It was not Black Donald; that was the first conclusion to which she rashly jumped.
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- Let no one rashly pronounce me a coxcomb, vain and pretentious, for all this.
- Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
- Where we find that, we should not rashly suspect people of heresy.
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
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