blithely
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One thinks of the citizens of Buffy’s Sunnydale, blithely going about their business, not moving away despite being located on a Hellmouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Hoecker says cutting jobs also signals to stock market investors worried about the "real and huge" cost of AI development that executives are not blithely writing blank cheques.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
In one column from 1935 she wrote blithely, “if war comes this year, it might come at the beginning of July, if it’s hot, heat and history having an undeniable affiliation in European affairs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
Backed into a corner by the threat of a career-ending scandal—one that would not only undo her but also her blithely trusting editor — Elizabeth agrees to make the fantasy corporeal.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025
She went straight to the food line, blithely smiling as usual.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
Vocabulary lists containing blithely
Animal Farm
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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Stargirl
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