wantonly

Etymology

From Middle English wantounly, wantounliche, equivalent to wanton + -ly.

adv

  1. in a wanton manner.
    Undoubtedly Madam—and it has always been a sentiment of mine—that to propagate a malicious Truth wantonly—is more despicable than to falsify from Revenge […] 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii
    I believe that I have no enemy on earth, and none surely would have been so wicked as to destroy me wantonly. 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 8, in Frankenstein, archived from the original on 2012-04-03

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