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wantonly

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɒntənli/

adv

Etymology: From Middle English wantounly, wantounliche, equivalent to wanton + -ly.

  1. 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.

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