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单词 wantonly
释义

wantonly

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

wantonly (comparative more wantonly, superlative most wantonly)

  1. in a wanton manner.
    • 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii:
      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 []
    • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 8, in Frankenstein:
      I believe that I have no enemy on earth, and none surely would have been so wicked as to destroy me wantonly.

See also

  • wontedly
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