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rashely

rashely is the obsolete form of rashly.

Meaning of rashly

Adverb

rashly (comparative more rashly, superlative most rashly)

  1. In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.
    • Now if it ſo be that it woulde happely be thought not a thyng metely to be aduentured to ſet all on a fluſhe at ones, and daſhe raſhelye out holye ſcrypture in euerye lewde felowes teeth: […]1528, Thomas More, “A Dialogue Concernynge Heresyes & Matters of Religion […]. The .16. Chapiter. The Messẽger Rehearseth Some Causes Which He Hath Herd Laid by Some of yͤ Clergie: […].”, in Wyllyam...
    Synonyms:
    rash

Forms of rashely

comparativemore rashely
superlativemost rashely

Questions about rashely

What is rashely the obsolete form of?
Rashely is the obsolete form of rashly.

Words near rashely in the dictionary

  1. Rashdalls
  2. rashed
  3. rashed up
  4. Rasheds
  5. Rasheed
  6. rashely
  7. rasher
  8. rashered
  9. rashering
  10. rashers
  11. rashes

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