cavalierly

1. 1.

   in a proud and domineering manner

   “he treated his staff cavalierly”

   Synonymsdisdainfully

Questions about cavalierly

What does cavalierly mean?

cavalierly means "in a proud and domineering manner".

How many syllables are in cavalierly?

cavalierly has 4 syllables: cav-a-lier-ly. The stress falls on "lier". In IPA it is /ˌkævəˈlɪɹli/.

What is another word for cavalierly?

Close synonyms include disdainfully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cavalierly a common word?

cavalierly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.