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blithely

UK/ˈblaɪðli/

blithely adverb: without care, concern, or consideration.

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Adverb

blithely (comparative more blithely, superlative most blithely)

  1. Without care, concern, or consideration.
    • As the bombs fell on the city, the woman blithely continued with her chores.
    • […] and now was hardly the time, as Stephen pointed out, to be worried about cleaning up his act, and eliminating the chemical additives and other pollutants that we’re all blithely or not so blithely feasting on, blithely since we’re healthy, healthy as we can be; so far, Ira said.1986 November 24, Susan Sontag, “The Way We Live Now”, in The New Yorker
  2. In a joyful, carefree manner.
    Synonyms:
    gladly, joyfully, merrily
  3. (obsolete) In a kind manner.

blithely meaning in Malayalam

blithely in Malayalam

സന്തുഷ്ടമായി, ആലോചനയില്ലാതെ

Examples of blithely in a sentence

  • In blithely demanding that America tavernize itself, the king ultimately sowed the seeds of his own doom.
  • 'If he's owt like the lads at the youthy, yeah,' Mary told her blithely.
  • Ron was blithely standing at the window looking out.

All 12 example sentences with blithely

Synonyms of blithely

All synonyms of blithely

Forms of blithely

comparativemore blithely
superlativemost blithely
alternative formblythely

Origin of blithely

From Middle English blythely, blyþely, bliþeliche, from Old English blīþelīċe (“gladly, blithely”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; compare Dutch blijdelijk. By surface analysis, blithe + -ly.

Questions about blithely

What does blithely mean?
Blithely means without care, concern, or consideration.
What is blithely in Malayalam?
Blithely in Malayalam is സന്തുഷ്ടമായി, ആലോചനയില്ലാതെ. See Blithely meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is blithely?
Blithely is an adverb.
How do you pronounce blithely?
Blithely is pronounced /ˈblaɪðli/ (UK).

Words near blithely in the dictionary

  1. blitheful
  2. blithefully
  3. blithefulness
  4. blithehearted
  5. blitheless
  6. blithely
  7. blithen
  8. blithened
  9. blitheness
  10. blithening
  11. blithens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blithely (page history and authors); blithely (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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