What are some opposite words for cavalierly?
Antonyms for cavalierlycav·a·lier·ly
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term cavalierly.
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cavalierlyadverb
Synonyms:
disdainfully, brusquely, superciliously, haughtily, curtlycavalierlyadverb
In a cavalier manner.
Synonyms:
disdainfully, brusquely, superciliously, curtly, haughtily
Princeton's WordNet
disdainfully, cavalierlyadverb
in a proud and domineering manner
"he treated his staff cavalierly"
Synonyms:
contumeliously, contemptuously, scornfully, disdainfully
How to use cavalierly in a sentence?
Adding insult to dishonor, the administration speaks cavalierly, even flippantly, even as our ally has suffered death and casualty, we once abandoned a red line. Now we abandon an ally.
People talk very cavalierly about these strikes. It's really appalling to me that this kind of discussion goes on, this is not a pinprick attack. This would be weeks of hundreds of U.S. sorties. This would be the beginning of a major war in the Middle East that would make the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq look like warm-up acts, and it would have regional consequences.
You can cavalierly talk about packing or stacking the court. You can cavalierly talk about doing this or doing that. At some point the institution is going to be compromised, by doing this, you continue to chip away at the respect of the institutions that the next generation is going to need if they're going to have civil society.
COVID-19 has made one thing undeniable : We must safeguard the Affordable Care Act — lives depend on it, as if on cue, the Trump Administration cavalierly continues its march to dismantle the ACA and strip Americans of their health care. We will do everything we can to defeat this unprecedented assault on a critical federal law by a sitting president.
I guarantee you somewhere in Kentucky today a child was sexually assaulted that was left at home because there was nobody there to watch them, i guarantee you somewhere today a child was physically harmed or ingested poison because they were home alone because a single parent did n’t have any money to take care of them. I ’m offended by the idea that people so cavalierly and so flippantly disregarded what’s truly best for children.
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