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temerously

temerously adverb: recklessly.

Adverb

temerously (comparative more temerously, superlative most temerously)

  1. (obsolete) Recklessly.
    • ...what pain that is, I will not temerously judge, but commit it to the goodness of our Iord, whose judgments be very deep and profound;1787, William Muchall, Doctor and Student
    • The second, that he swear not temerously or lightly without reverence of God's majesty, but with judgment: that is to say, when necessity constraineth for the glory of God or defence of virtue, at the commandment of a just and lawfully appointed judge.1817, Legh Richmond, A Selection from the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines of the Church of England

Forms of temerously

comparativemore temerously
superlativemost temerously

Origin of temerously

From temerous + -ly.

Questions about temerously

What does temerously mean?
Temerously means recklessly.
What part of speech is temerously?
Temerously is an adverb.

Words near temerously in the dictionary

  1. temeration
  2. temerities
  3. temeritous
  4. temerity
  5. temerous
  6. temerously
  7. temes
  8. temescal
  9. Temescal Valley
  10. temescals
  11. temiak

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