rashly

1. 1.

   in a hasty and foolhardy manner

   “he fell headlong in love with his cousin”

   Synonymsheadlong

Questions about rashly

What does rashly mean?

rashly means "in a hasty and foolhardy manner".

How many syllables are in rashly?

rashly has 2 syllables and divides as rash-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for rashly?

Close synonyms include headlong. 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 rashly a common word?

rashly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.