carelessly

«carelessly» in Mova's school dictionary: Without enough care or attention, so mistakes or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (carelessly, more carelessly, most carelessly); from «careless»

meaning for a pupil

1) Without enough care or attention, so mistakes or accidents happen. tree →

2) In a relaxed way that shows you are not worried: «She tossed her bag carelessly onto the bed». tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and maths, working carelessly leads to silly mistakes such as copying a number wrong. In safety, crossing the road or handling knives carelessly can cause accidents. In stories it shows a character not paying attention. Phrases: drive carelessly, carelessly left.

examples

• He carelessly left the gate open and the dog ran out. tree →
• I wrote my answer carelessly and got it wrong. tree →
• She carelessly dropped her phone in the puddle. tree →
• Don't cross the road carelessly. tree →
• The driver was fined for driving carelessly. tree →
• He threw his coat carelessly over the chair. tree →
• “We are hunting,” said Baloo carelessly. tree →

note

Spelling: care + less + ly. Opposite: «carefully». In maths a careless mistake is a slip, not a lack of understanding — check your work.

In the corpora

• Toad: «What carts I shall fling carelessly into the ditch in the wake of my magnificent onset!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carelessly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.