rashly

[ rash-lee ]

/ ˈræʃ li /

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adverb

too hastily or thoughtlessly; in a foolhardy or ill-advised way: She often reminds him not to act rashly, to think things through before acting.

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Origin of rashly

rash¹ + -ly

Words nearby rashly

rasher, rash guard, Rashi, Rashid, Rashida, rashly, rashness, rash shirt, Rasht, Rask, Raskolnik

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Virginia Tech’s defense has weathered a rash of absences this season amid the coronavirus pandemic in addition to injury and off-the-field issues.
Miami’s D’Eriq King will be the latest challenge for beleaguered Virginia Tech defense|Gene Wang|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
As a food allergy doctor, Kim already knew the shocking effects even a tiny dose of peanuts could have on people — everything from rashes to going into shock.
An End to Peanut Allergies Is Close|Nick Fouriezos|November 2, 2020|Ozy
CRISPR’s ease of use makes the potential for rash action worth considering.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for CRISPR ‘Genetic Scissors’|Jordana Cepelewicz|October 7, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Ten days after the rash of fires in early September, parts of Oregon and Washington received welcome rain.
Wildfire smoke travels far but never really disappears|Juliet Grable|October 7, 2020|Popular-Science

It’s tempting to say that the rash of incumbent losses in 2020 also means that anti-incumbent fever has reached Watergate-level highs.
Ed Markey Won, But It’s Still Been A Rough Year For Incumbents|Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com)|September 2, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
They speculated why a man of such promise and talent would end his life so rashly.
The Professor and the Doomsday Clock: ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ & Signs of John Kennedy Toole’s Suicide|Cory MacLauchlin|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Second, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to cash the check Obama rashly wrote.
How Obama Lost the Middle East|Walter Russell Mead|November 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Miss Eliot had too rashly taken the alarm, as Mrs. G.'s sort, though confluent, was a very good one.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
Visitors who had rashly chosen to take their chance commonly passed their first night in the waiting-rooms of the railway station.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
It is not to be a mad enterprise rashly pushed on regardless of danger.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
He speculates rashly, drinks, and indulges in every low vice.
Mary Wollstonecraft|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Do not rashly abandon your career on the railway on the off-chance of a vocal Bonanza.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914|Various

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