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In a rush manner; with precipitation. He that doth anything rashly, must do it willingly; for he was free to deliberate or not. L'Estrange.

ion. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.

Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly. We hastily engaged in the war. Swift.

In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.

Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.

Capriciously; whimsically. We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy.

uestion; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose. The truth hereof I will net rashly pugn, or overboldly affirm. Peacham.

To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.

To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast. [Obs.] Barrow.

Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. Jer. Taylor. "Precipitant rebellion." Eikon Basilike.

In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.

Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. It made the king as reckless as them diligent. Sir P. Sidney.

In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.

Even; -- used emphatically. Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them. Bacon.