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impetuously
[im-pech-oo-uhs] 
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impetuously
[im-pech-oo-uhs]
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| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | hastily |
| Synonyms: | carelessly, foolishly, heedlessly, impulsively, rashly, thoughtlessly |
| Main Entry: | hastily |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | with great speed |
| Synonyms: | agilely, apace, carelessly, double-quick, expeditiously, fast, flat-out, heedlessly, hurriedly, impetuously, impulsively, lickety-split, nimbly, on spur of the moment, posthaste, precipitately, prematurely, promptly, quickly, rapidly, rashly, recklessly, speedily, straightaway, subito, suddenly, swiftly, thoughtlessly, too quickly, unpremeditatedly |
| Antonyms: | delayed, slowly |
| Main Entry: | helter-skelter |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | carelessly, confused |
| Synonyms: | about, any which way, anyhow, anywise, around, at random, cluttered, disorderly, haphazard, hastily, headlong, higgledy-piggledy, hit-or-miss, hotfoot, hurriedly, impetuously, in confusion, incautiously, incontinently, irregular, jumbled, muddled, pell-mell, random, randomly, rashly, recklessly, topsy-turvy, tumultous/tumultuous, unmindfully, wildly |
| Antonyms: | carefully, methodical, organized, straight, systematic |
| Main Entry: | pell-mell |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | hurriedly and carelessly |
| Synonyms: | foolishly, full tilt, hastily, headlong, heedlessly, helter-skelter, impetuously, incontinently, indiscreetly, posthaste, precipitiously, rashly, recklessly, thoughtlessly |
| Antonyms: | carefully, cautiously |
| Main Entry: | impulsively |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | imprudently |
| Synonyms: | carelessly, foolishly, hastily, impetuously, rashly |
| Main Entry: | rashly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | brashly |
| Synonyms: | abruptly, boldly, carelessly, daringly, excitedly, expeditiously, feverishly, fiercely, foolishly, frantically, furiously, hastily, headily, headlong, headstrongly, heedlessly, hurriedly, ill-advisedly, impetuously, imprudently, impulsively, inadvisedly, incautiously, indiscreetly, indomitably, irresponsibly, madly, passionately, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, recklessly, speedily, thoughtlessly, unpreparedly, unthinkingly, unwarily, unwisely, wildly |
| Main Entry: | urgently |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | insistently |
| Synonyms: | anxious, beseechingly, compellingly, eagerly, earnestly, emotionally, enthusiastically, excitedly, frantically, gravely, hastily, imperiously, impetuously, imploringly, importunately, persuasively, precipitately, vigorously |
| Main Entry: | violently |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | furiously |
| Synonyms: | angrily, fiercely, frantically, frenziedly, hysterically, impetuously, madly, vehemently |
| Antonyms: | gently, mildly, nonviolently |
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