wantonly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈwɒntənli/
adv
Etymology: From Middle English wantounly, wantounliche, equivalent to wanton + -ly.
- in a wanton manner.
“Undoubtedly Madam—and it has always been a sentiment of mine—that to propagate a malicious Truth wantonly—is more despicable than to falsify from Revenge […]”
“I believe that I have no enemy on earth, and none surely would have been so wicked as to destroy me wantonly.”