adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a careless manner, without care; without apprehension (obs.); without attention, art or study; (now esp.) heedlessly, thoughtlessly, negligently.
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., IV. xviii. (1634), 711. Evill men … more carelesly follow their owne lusts.
1592. Greene, Groatsw. Wit (1617), 39. The one carelesly skiping, the other carefully prying.
1611. Bible, Ezek. xxxix. 6. Among them that dwell carelesly in the yles. Ibid., Zeph. ii. 15. This is the reioycing citie that dwelt carelessely.
1667. Oldenburg, in Phil. Trans., II. 432. Course Hemp, carelesly twisted.
1726. Addison, Dial. Medals, ii. 46. Leaning carelessly on a pillar.
1747. Berkeley, Lett., Wks. 1871, IV. 315. Things hastily and carelessly written.
1847. Helps, Friends in C. (1851), I. 7. Looking at everything so carelessly that they see nothing truly.
1876. Geo. Eliot, Dan. Der., III. xxxvii. 130. Many a carelessly-begotten son of man.
