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Definition: Rashly |
RashlyAdverb1. In a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rashly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonym: RashlySynonym: headlong (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rashly |
| English words defined with "rashly": folly, foolishness ♦ Hand over head, Headily, heedlessness ♦ mindlessness ♦ Overdare, Overlash ♦ rashness ♦ unwiseness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rashly": Good Samaritan doctrine ♦ Notary ♦ Perez-uzzah. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Sir Thomas Browne | Many... have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was compelled to acknowledge to himself that he had intrusted it rather rashly to that stranger, whose face even he could not distinguish |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Rashly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rashly" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 65 | 41,645 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "rashly": act rashly. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "rashly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shumë shpejtë, pamaturisht, pa menduar (in a hurry, instinctively), në mënyrë të pakujdesshme, me vrull (busily, headlong, thriftily, vehemently, zestfully). (various references) | |
Arabic | في لحظة تهور, بتهور (at full tilt, blindly, headlong, impulsively, pell mell), بتسرع (precipitately, slapdash). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | прибързано (previously, untimely). (various references) | |
Chinese | 輕" (easily, lightly). (various references) | |
Czech | ukvapenì (hastily, unadvisedly). (various references) | |
Finnish | hätäillä (act rashly, be anxious, hurry). (various references) | |
French | sans réflexion, sans précaution, précipité, imprudemment, dans un moment d'impétuosité. (various references) | |
German | voreilig (forwardly, hasty, headily, heady, precipitate, prematurely, previous, rash), hastig (abrupt, hastily, hasty, hurried, precipitant, precipitantly, precipitate, rash, rushed). (various references) | |
Greek | ακρίτωσ, απερισκέπτωσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | meggondolatlanul (hand over head, hastily, headlong, heedlessly, precipitately, to go at sg blind, unadvisedly), elhamarkodottan (hastily, headfirst, precipitately). (various references) | |
Italian | avventatamente. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 憖い (thoughtlessly), 憖 (thoughtlessly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なまじい (thoughtlessly), なまじ (thoughtlessly). (various references) | |
Manx | gyn tort (heedless, incircumspection, random), dy joltee (hastily). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ashlyray.(various references) | |
Romanian | repezit (rash), temerar (audacious, daringly, foolhardy, overdaring, temerarious, venturesome), pripit (beforehand, foolish, hasty, hurried, impetuous, previous, quick, rash, thoughtless), nesãbuit (foolish, hare-brained, harum scarum, hell-bent, insensate, mad, reckless, recklessly, wild), necugetat (foolish, ill-advised, ill-advisedly, inadvertent, mad, precipitate, reckless, thoughtless, thoughtlessly). (various references) | |
Russian | опрометчиво (at adventure, go off half-cock, hastily, headforemost, slap bang). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prenagljeno, naglo (sudden, suddenly), brzopleto (half cocked). (various references) | |
Swedish | förhastigt. (various references) | |
Turkish | paldır küldür (headlong, hurriedly, pell mell, pellmell, with a rush), palas pandıras (neck and crop, pell mell, pellmell), hesapsızca, düşünmeden (by rote, impulsively, irrespective of, lightly, out of hand, recklessly, unintentionally, without thinking, without thought), düşüncesizce (blindfold, carelessly, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, ill-considered, impulsively, offhand, tactlessly, thoughtlessly), acele ile (headfirst, headlong, hotfoot, hurriedly, hustily, posthaste, with a rush). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | необережно (negligently, unwarily), надто поспішно. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | audaciter, audacius, audacter, audenter, temere. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 19, Verse 36 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Anantirrhtwn oun ontwn toutwn deon estin umaV katestalmenouV uparcein kai mhden propeteV prattein |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cum ergo his contradici non possit oportet vos sedatos esse et nihil temere agere |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor whanne it may not be ayenseid to these thingis, it behoueth you to be ceessid, and to do no thing folili; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Seinge then yt no man sayth here agaynst ye ought to be content and to do nothinge rasshly: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Seeing then that these things cannot be contradicted, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 19, Verse 36 |
| Albanian | Duke qenë, pra, se këto janë të pakundërshtueshme, ju duhet të rrini urtë dhe të mos bëni asgjë të nxituar. |
| Cebuano | Ug kay dili man malalis kining mga butanga, kinahanglan nga magpakahilum kamo ug dili magpatakag buhat ug bisan unsa. |
| Chinese | 這 事 既 是 駁 不 ' 的 、 們 就 當 安 靜 、 不 可 次 。 |
| Croatian | Buduæi dakle da je to neporecivo, valja da budete mirni te ništa brzopleto ne èinite. |
| Danish | Når altså dette er uimodsigeligt, bør I være rolige og ikke foretage eder noget fremfusende. |
| Dutch | Dewijl dan deze dingen onwedersprekelijk zijn, zo is het behoorlijk dat gij stil zijt, en niets onbedachts doet. |
| Finnish | Koska ei kukaan voi tätä kieltää, tulee teidän siis pysyä rauhallisina eikä tehdä mitään harkitsematonta. |
| French | Cela étant incontestable, vous devez vous calmer, et ne rien faire avec précipitation. |
| German | Weil das nun unwidersprechlich ist, so sollt ihr ja stille sein und nichts Unbedächtiges handeln. |
| Haitian Creole | Pesonn pa ka di se pa vre. Se sa ki fè, se pou n' mete tèt nou an plas pou n' pa fè anyen san nou pa kalkile byen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tidak seorang pun dapat membantah hal itu. Karena itu tenanglah dan jangan melakukan sesuatu dengan gegabah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sedang segala perkara itu tiada dapat dibantahi, patutlah kamu diam dan jangan berbuat barang sesuatu dengan gopoh-gopoh. |
| Italian | Poiché questi fatti sono incontestabili, è necessario che stiate calmi e non compiate gesti inconsulti. |
| Latvian | Tâ kâ tam neviens nevar pretim runât, jums jânomierinâs, lai neko neapdomîgu nedarîtu. |
| Maori | Na, ka kore nei enei mea e taea te whakakorekore, heoi kia ata noho, kaua hoki e hikaka te mahi. |
| Norwegian | Da nu ingen motsier dette, må I holde eder rolige og ikke foreta eder noget forhastet. |
| Portuguese | Ora, visto que estas coisas não podem ser contestadas, convém que vos aquieteis e nada façais precipitadamente. |
| Rumanian | Fiindcq nimeni nu poate sq tqgqduiascq lucrul acesta, trebuie sq vq potoliyi, wi sq nu faceyi nimic cu pornire nechibzuitq. |
| Russian | еУМЙ ЦЕ Ч ЬФПН ОЕФ У ПТБ, ФП ОБ"П'ОП ЧБН 'ЩФШ У ПЛПКОЩНЙ Й ОЕ ПУФХ БФШ П ТПНЕФЮЙЧП. |
| Shuar | Warí, Núnaka Ashí aents nékainia asamtai atumsha itiatkatarum. Túrarum Enentáimtsuk yajauch Túrawairap, Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Ya que esto no puede ser contradicho, conviene que os apacigüéis y que no hagáis nada precipitado. |
| Swahili | Hakuna anayeweza kukana mambo haya. Hivyo basi, tulieni; msifanye chochote bila hadhari. |
| Swedish | Eftersom ju ingen kan bestrida detta, bören I hålla eder lugna och icke företaga eder något förhastat. |
| Uma | Uma hema to mposapu toe. Toe pai' mengkalino-ta ulu, neo' -ta nakeni roe nono-ta. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "rashly": brashly. (additional references) | |
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"Rashly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ashlyn, Rahilly, Rashaya, rashel, rashy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "rashly" (pronounced 'Rash"ly'): Abruptly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Acutely, Adaptly, Adjunctly, Adroitly, Alertly, Antiquely, Apertly, Aptly, Archly, Argutely, Artly, Attently, Augustly, Austerely, Aversely, Avisely, Awkly, Badly, Baldly, Barely, Basely, Beastly, Behovely, Benignly, Beseemly, Bigly, Billy, Blackly, Blandly, Blankly, Blindly, Blithely, Blolly, Bluely, Bluntly, Boldly, Booly, Bragly, Bravely, Briefly, Brightly, Briskly, Broadly, Brutely, Buffoonly, Burly, Calmly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-l-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: aryls, harls, hylas, shaly. | |
-2 letters: aryl, ashy, harl, hays, hyla, lars, lash, lays, rash, rays, ryas, shay, slay. | |
-3 letters: als, ars, ash, ays, has, hay, lar, las, lay, rah, ras, ray, rya, sal, say, sha, shy, sly, yah, yar. | |
-4 letters: ah, al, ar, as, ay, ha, la, sh, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-l-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: brashly, harshly, sharply. | |
+2 letters: charleys, garishly, halyards, hoarsely, rakishly, trashily. | |
+3 letters: bearishly, chrysalid, chrysalis, fairishly, hairstyle, haulyards, horseplay, hydrolase, lathyrism, marshalcy, phrasally, raffishly, scholarly, starchily. | |
+4 letters: chrysalids, crashingly, dwarfishly, freakishly, hairstyles, harmlessly, holidayers, horseplays, hydraulics, hydrolases, hyperbolas, hysterical, labyrinths, lachrymose, lathyrisms, phyllaries, polygraphs, prankishly, schoolyard, scratchily, shrievalty, squarishly, straightly, synchronal, xylographs. | |
+5 letters: amorphously, bellyachers, chrysalides, chrysalises, erythrismal, flycatchers, hairstyling, hairstylist, hazardously, heartlessly, heartsomely, hilariously, horseplayer, hydrolysate, hydroplanes, hydroxylase, hyperplanes, hyperplasia, hypersaline, hypersexual, karyolymphs, lymphograms, methylators, phalanstery, phraseology, phylloxeras, playwrights, prophylaxes, prophylaxis, ravishingly, rhinoplasty, schoolyards, searchingly, spherically, stylography, unscholarly. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Bible Trace 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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