heedlessly

1. 1.

   without care or concern

   “carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment”

   Synonymscarelessly

Questions about heedlessly

What does heedlessly mean?

heedlessly means "without care or concern".

How many syllables are in heedlessly?

heedlessly has 3 syllables: heed-les-sly. The stress falls on "heed".

What is another word for heedlessly?

Close synonyms include carelessly. 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 heedlessly a common word?

heedlessly 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.