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blithely
/ˈblaɪðli/
adv 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, major, unaware, wrong
VERB + BLITHELY
access, go, ran, reasons
BLITHELY + NOUN
bouts, hill, nothing's, phantom
PREP.
on, up, with
Definitions
adv
1
Without care, concern, or consideration.
As the bombs fell on the city, the woman blithely continued with her chores.
[…] 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.
2
In a joyful, carefree manner.
3
In a kind manner.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adverb — in a joyous manner
- happily
- merrily
- mirthfully
- gayly
- jubilantly
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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As the bombs fell on the city, the woman blithely continued with her chores.
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[…] 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
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The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her ho
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How can you go on so blithely, pretending nothing's wrong, when something so horrible has happened?
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Anne ran blithely up the hill and into the kitchen, where a hot supper was waiting on the table.
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We idealize everybody’s thinking, and even our own access to reasons, blithely attributing phantom bouts of clever reasoning to ourselves after the fact.
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