rashly

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈræʃli/ UK /ˈræʃli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a hasty manner without due thought of the consequences

He rashly signed the contract before reading the fine print.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a hasty manner without... hastily impetuously recklessly impulsively precipitately incautiously

Opposites

cautiously prudently carefully

Word family

Related forms rash rashness

Etymology

From rash + -ly; rash is from Middle English rasch ('quick, hasty'), of Germanic origin, related to Old High German rasc and Middle Dutch rasch.

rasch Middle English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# rashly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈræʃli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈræʃli/

## Meanings
1. in a hasty manner without due thought of the consequences

## Examples
- He rashly signed the contract before reading the fine print.

## Synonyms
- hastily
- impetuously
- recklessly
- impulsively
- precipitately
- incautiously

## Antonyms
- cautiously
- prudently
- carefully

## Related Forms
- rash
- rashness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rasch

## Etymology
From rash + -ly; rash is from Middle English rasch ('quick, hasty'), of Germanic origin, related to Old High German rasc and Middle Dutch rasch.

## AI Etymology
Rashly comes from rash + -ly; rash is from Middle English rasch ('quick, hasty'), of Germanic origin, related to Old High German rasc and Middle Dutch rasch. The historical chain includes Middle English rasch. Older glosses in the chain include "quick, hasty", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, rashly is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adverb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adverb, with the sense "in a hasty manner without due thought of the consequences". related forms include rash and rashness. The result is an English adverb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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