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uncarefully

uncarefully adverb: in an uncareful manner.

Adverb

uncarefully (comparative more uncarefully, superlative most uncarefully)

  1. In an uncareful manner.
    • For you,
      My boys, your father, not uncarefully,
      Has spent much forethought with the gods' good help1868, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Medea of Euripides, page 59, lines 913–915
    Synonyms:
    carelessly

Synonyms of uncarefully

Antonyms

Forms of uncarefully

comparativemore uncarefully
superlativemost uncarefully

Origin of uncarefully

From uncareful + -ly.

Questions about uncarefully

What does uncarefully mean?
Uncarefully means in an uncareful manner.
What part of speech is uncarefully?
Uncarefully is an adverb.

Words near uncarefully in the dictionary

  1. uncardinals
  2. uncare
  3. uncared
  4. uncared-for
  5. uncareful
  6. uncarefully
  7. uncarefulness
  8. uncaressed
  9. uncareworthy
  10. uncargo
  11. uncargoed

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