Wantonly
['wɑntənli]
Definition
(adv.) in a wanton manner; 'the animals were killed wantonly for sport'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
(adv.) Unintentionally; accidentally.
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Examples
- Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I protest, in the interests of morality, against blame being gratuitously and wantonly attached to the proceedings of the Count. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Wars would, in general, be more speedily concluded, and less wantonly undertaken. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- White men do not kill wantonly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Otherwise, she might think 'his life was wantonly thrown away or wasted,' and that might trouble her. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I believe that I have no enemy on earth, and none surely would have been so wicked as to destroy me wantonly. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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