US /ˈkɛrlɪslɪ/
・UK /'keələslɪ/
It means doing something quickly and carelessly.
It means doing something quickly and carelessly.
The cover was so carelessly adjusted that the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon Scrooge's part, would have disclosed the face.
carelessly adjusted that the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon Scrooge’s part,
The cover was so carelessly adjusted that the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon Scrooge's part, would have disclosed the face.
head. The cover was so carelessly adjusted that the slightest raising of
Of course you would." Tom contemplated the boy a bit and said, "What do you call work?" "Why, ain't that work?" Tom resumed his whitewashing and answered carelessly, "Well, maybe it is and maybe it ain't.
carelessly: "Well, maybe it is, and maybe it ain't.
They laid the blocks carelessly,
For starters, they built it on sand, which is soft, they laid blocks carelessly, and it was too steep,
Yet, aside from hackers, the real threat to the data center remains a carelessly thrown magnet that threatens to wipe away all those beautiful cat videos on YouTube that we've come to love.
remains a carelessly thrown magnet
"Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk by again?" Marcus leaned in close, carelessly pressing the hardened steel against her.
at first sight? Or should I walk by again...?" Marcus leaned in close, carelessly pressing
OK, let's recap the vocabulary from this programme, starting with 'mucking about', an informal way to say playing with something carelessly, not for a serious reason.
playing with something carelessly, not for a serious reason.
And he trips on a carelessly abandoned coffin lid.
-And he trips on a carelessly abandoned coffin lid.
Obviously they have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round the edges of the sole in order to remove crusted mud from it.
Obviously they have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round the edges of the sole in order to remove crusted mud from it.