wantonly

C2 Topic:Animals
US /ˈwɒntənli/
adv Freq #40832

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a wanton manner

    The animals were killed wantonly for sport.

  2. 2
    adv

    in a wanton manner.

    Undoubtedly Madam—and it has always been a sentiment of mine—that to propagate a malicious Truth wantonly—is more despicable than to falsify from Revenge […].

  3. 3
    adv

    in a licentious and promiscuous manner

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adv · in a licentious and... licentiously

Etymology

From Middle English wantounly, wantounliche, equivalent to wanton + -ly.

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