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unreflectingly

unreflectingly adverb: without mental reflection.

Adverb

unreflectingly (comparative more unreflectingly, superlative most unreflectingly)

  1. Without mental reflection.
    • For it is quite possible that his father will not simply and unreflectingly save the thing he loves.2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 525

Forms of unreflectingly

comparativemore unreflectingly
superlativemost unreflectingly

Origin of unreflectingly

From unreflecting + -ly.

Questions about unreflectingly

What does unreflectingly mean?
Unreflectingly means without mental reflection.
What part of speech is unreflectingly?
Unreflectingly is an adverb.

Words near unreflectingly in the dictionary

  1. unrefines
  2. unrefining
  3. unrefitted
  4. unreflected
  5. unreflecting
  6. unreflectingly
  7. unreflectingness
  8. unreflective
  9. unreflectively
  10. unreflectiveness
  11. unreflectivity

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