impetuously

1. 1.

   in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions

   “he often acts impulsively and later regrets it”

   Synonymsimpulsively

Questions about impetuously

What does impetuously mean?

impetuously means "in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions".

How many syllables are in impetuously?

impetuously has 5 syllables: im-pe-tu-ou-sly. The stress falls on "tu".

What is another word for impetuously?

Close synonyms include impulsively. 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 impetuously a common word?

impetuously 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.