Synonyms for wantonly
wan·ton·ly

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1. wantonlyadverb

   in a wanton manner

   "the animals were killed wantonly for sport"

   Synonyms:
   licentiously, promiscuously

2. licentiously, wantonly, promiscuouslyadverb

   in a licentious and promiscuous manner

   "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously"

   Synonyms:
   licentiously, indiscriminately, promiscuously

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1. List of paraphrases for "wantonly":

   unscrupulously, willfully, noisily, brazenly, recklessly

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1. Reverend Sean Parker Dennison, Ministrare, 2-10-05:

   The ability to see beauty is the beginning of our moral sensibility. What we believe is beautiful we will not wantonly destroy.

2. Samuel Woolley:

   People's data is being used without their consent to put them into a box and try to manipulate them into not just buying something, but voting for a particular person or changing their beliefs about a particular issue, people have a reasonable expectation to be able to engage in specific interests without being wantonly targeted by political campaigns because of that.

3. United States:

   His tactics are all wrong, if he intimidates a country today, threatens a company tomorrow or wantonly arrests someone, then no one would dare invest in United States.

4. Phil Robertson:

   The Myanmar military onslaught has increasingly targeted civilians with indiscriminate artillery attacks and aerial bombings that amount to soldiers wantonly retaliating against populations living near spots where Arakan Army has staged ambushes or IED attacks.