Dictionary

rashly en · ADV

Etymology

From rash + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.
   • VVhy do you ſpeake ſo ſtartingly and raſhly. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 57:
   • [H]e'll say that we're contradicting what was said just now when we rashly maintain that there are falsehoods in judgements and statements. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, 241a:
   • Now if it ſo be that it woulde happely be thought not a thyng metely to be aduentured to ſet all on a fluſhe at ones, and daſhe raſhelye out holye ſcrypture in euerye lewde felowes teeth: […] 1528, Thomas More, “A Dialogue Concernynge Heresyes & Matters of Religion […]. The .16. Chapiter. The Messẽger Rehearseth Some Causes Which He Hath Herd Laid by Some of yͤ Clergie: […].”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book III, page 245, column 2:
   • Alas Wat, I haue kild the kings officer in ſtriking raſhly. 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I:

Forms

Synonyms

rash

Translations (38)

cs unáhleně (in a rash manner) · it malcautamente (in a rash manner) · syc ܐܝܩܐ (in a rash manner) · fi varomattomasti (in a rash manner) · it temerariamente (in a rash manner) · la audenter (in a rash manner) · la audaciter (in a rash manner) · it inconsultamente (in a rash manner) · it azzardosamente (in a rash manner) · fr étourdiment (in a rash manner) · cs ukvapeně (in a rash manner) · de vorschnell (in a rash manner) · la audacter (in a rash manner) · sv obetänksamt (in a rash manner) · fi hätäisesti (in a rash manner) · cmn 輕易 /轻易 (in a rash manner) · it azzardatamente (in a rash manner) · pt precipitadamente (in a rash manner) · el αβασάνιστα (in a rash manner) · fr imprudemment (in a rash manner) · grc κραιπνῶς (in a rash manner) · it avventatamente (in a rash manner) · ru опроме́тчиво (in a rash manner) · sv förhastat (in a rash manner) · bn অন্ধভাবে (in a rash manner) · nrf hardîment (in a rash manner) · sh nȃglo (in a rash manner) · sh на̑гло (in a rash manner) · la temerē (in a rash manner) · grc εἰκῇ (in a rash manner) · cs zbrkle (in a rash manner) · ka გამალებულად (in a rash manner) · it arrischiatamente (in a rash manner) · ru поспе́шно (in a rash manner) · la imprūdenter (in a rash manner) · it ardimentosamente (in a rash manner) · ur بے تحاشا (in a rash manner) · it precipitatamente (in a rash manner)