temerously

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adverb

Recklessly.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adverbtemerously (comparative more temerously, superlative most temerously)

comparative more temerously · superlative most temerously

  1. obsoleteRecklessly.

    And temerously, his hands went over her, over the salt, compact brilliance of her body.

    1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow
    2 more examples

    ...what pain that is, I will not temerously judge, but commit it to the goodness of our Iord, whose judgments be very deep and profound;

    1787, William Muchall, Doctor and Student

    The second, that he swear not temerously or lightly without reverence of God's majesty, but with judgment: that is to say, when necessity constraineth for the glory of God or defence of virtue, at the commandment of a just and lawfully appointed judge.

    1817, Legh Richmond, A Selection from the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines of the Church of England

Origin

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