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Antonyms for cavalierlycav·a·lier·ly

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  1. cavalierlyadverb

    Synonyms:
    disdainfully, brusquely, superciliously, haughtily, curtly

  2. cavalierlyadverb

    In a cavalier manner.

    Synonyms:
    disdainfully, brusquely, superciliously, curtly, haughtily

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  1. 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?

  1. Mitt Romney:

    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.

  2. Joseph Cirincione:

    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.

  3. Justice Thomas:

    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.

  4. Xavier Becerra:

    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.

  5. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin:

    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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