Headlong
['hedlɒŋ] or ['hɛdlɔŋ]
Definition
(adv.) with the head foremost; 'the runner slid headlong into third base'.
(adv.) in a hasty and foolhardy manner; 'he fell headlong in love with his cousin'.
(adv.) at breakneck speed; 'burst headlong through the gate'.
Typed by Jaime--From WordNet
Definition
(a. & adv.) With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
(a. & adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
(a. & adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite.
(a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
(a.) Steep; precipitous.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Rashly, hastily, precipitately, head-foremost, thoughtlessly, without deliberation.
Checker: Terrance
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See HASTY]
Editor: Tracy
Examples
- When it was necessary to move from one spot to another she either jerked her roughly, or pushed her headlong before her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Thrusting Sab Than headlong from the platform, I drew Dejah Thoris to my side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- So frantic were their efforts to escape from the unseen thing behind me that one of the braves was hurled headlong from the cliff to the rocks below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Let me see, said the Prince, who dare stop him, fixing his eye on Cedric, whose attitude intimated his intention to hurl the Jew down headlong. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is no wonder that such impatience, such an enthusiasm, drove the work forward at a headlong pace. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His body, borne by the impetus of his headlong rush, plunged upon me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- When Wildeve came on to that spot his ankle was caught by something, and he fell headlong. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He ought not to allow the thing to be done in this headlong manner. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then, as one, the males rushed headlong upon the thing which their terrific blows had reduced to a mass of hairy pulp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There was no pausing on the brink; no looking down, or looking back; I was gone, headlong, before I had sense to say a word to her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I did not rush headlong in, but listened without to assure myself that it was Dejah Thoris and that it was safe to venture within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The flight became a headlong bolt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In another moment Justinian and Crispin were by his side, and down the slope fled the foe in headlong confusion, with the Melnosians in full chase. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- So quickly the virus worked that at the end of a dozen leaps the deer plunged headlong into the undergrowth, dead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Instead of sinking on the steps as I intended, I seemed to pitch headlong down an abyss. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was right that I should pay the forfeit of my headlong passion. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His voice was hoarse; his look that of a man who is just about to burst an insufferable bond and plunge headlong into wild license. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Tracy