blithely
without much thought, concern, or care:I blithely went ahead with my project without really considering the impact it would have on my career.
in a joyous or happy way; cheerfully or lightheartedly:Left to my own devices I would blithely live the rest of my days imagining new recipes and tweaking old ones.
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How to use blithely in a sentence
After weeks of coughing and sleepless nights, though, my frustration is less directed at myself than at political leaders who so blithely ignore both epidemiology and human behavior research and tell us to live like it’s 2019.
Pressure to conform to social norms may explain risky COVID-19 decisions | Sujata Gupta | May 17, 2022 | Science NewsHe tends to be so fixated on his own pain that he remains blithely oblivious to the feelings of the women he dates.
How I Met Your Father and the Insufferable History of the Lovelorn Sitcom Dude | Eliana Dockterman | January 20, 2022 | TimeSome decisions, such as Dred Scott, are so caught up in the Supreme Court’s struggle with slavery that they wouldn’t be blithely cited without direct reference to their historical meaning, he argued.
Fighting racial bias with an unlikely weapon: Footnotes | Justin Wm. Moyer | January 18, 2022 | Washington PostCollectors spoke blithely about getting “rugged” on certain NFT investments, about how easy it is for hackers to entice potential investors into fake projects, into scams that result in an empty crypto wallet before they can back out of the exchange.
My first resort is claiming I’m the victim of witch-huntery —And blithely wave away substantive facts with sheer effrontery.
Style Invitational Week 1444: It’s a whole new all-game — name a sport | Pat Myers | July 7, 2021 | Washington Post
Everyone was nice,” says my mother, blithely, “and we all felt very safe.
“They put me naked on the cover of the July 2010 calendar,” Harris says, blithely.
A ‘Truman Show’ For Today: The Return of Josh Harris | Anthony Haden-Guest | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut they are ill prepared and blithely ignorant of the mechanics of practical politics—let alone state making.
Secondly, readers should not cluck their satisfaction so blithely over economic sanctions.
Les Gelb Puts Russia in Its Place—and Critics in Theirs | Leslie H. Gelb | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd yet, a man who is fine tuned to the vaguest whiff of anti Jewish sentiment blithely slurs Pakistanis, Chinese and women.
No Denial From Bret Stephens Re. Yeshiva University Panel Slurs | Lisa Goldman | October 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe members of the choir are of a brisk, warbling turn of mind, and can push through their work blithely.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusI was vexed, but my ill-humor seemed to add to her high spirits, and she talked away quite blithely.
A Little Union Scout | Joel Chandler HarrisWhen the dusk was come my uncle would turn blithely from this melancholy contemplation and call for a lamp and his bottle.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman DuncanThe rover blithely promised to pay him back in two monthly payments.
Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort MitchellMiss Lawrence began to give out the words, and the children spelled away blithely.
Marjorie's Busy Days | Carolyn Wells
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