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Webster 1913 Edition


Wantonly

Wan′ton-ly

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adv.
1.
In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
2.
Unintentionally; accidentally.
[Obs.]
J. Dee.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wantonly

WANTONLY

,
adv.
Loosely; without regularity or restraint; sportively; gayly; playfully; lasciviously.

Definition 2024


wantonly

wantonly

English

Adverb

wantonly (comparative more wantonly, superlative most wantonly)

  1. in a wanton manner
    • 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.

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