Word of the Day:
blithely
What It Means
Without care, concern, or consideration.
In a kind manner.
As the bombs fell on the city, the woman blithely continued with her chores.
Blithely in Context
“[…] 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.”
Did You Know?
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.
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